Distributed file system web server user authentication with cook

Details Distributed file system web server user authentication with cook Distributed file system web server user authentication with cook

1997-01-28

1999-02-23

Beausoliel, Jr., Robert W.

39518801, 39520054, G06F 1100

Patent

active

058752960

ABSTRACT:
A method of authenticating a Web client to a Web server connectable to a distributed file system of a distributed computing environment. The distributed computing environment includes a security service for returning a credential to a user authenticated to access the distributed file system. In response to receipt by the Web server of a user id and password from the Web client, a login protocol is executed with the security service. If the user can be authenticated, a credential is stored in a database of credentials associated with authenticated users. The Web server then returns to the Web client a persistent client state object having a unique identifier therein. This object, sometimes referred to as a cookie, is then used to enable the Web client to browse Web documents in the distributed file system. In particular, when the Web client desires to make a subsequest request to the distributed file system, the persistent client state object including the identifier is used in lieu of the user's id and password, which makes the session much more secure. In this operation, the cookie identifier is used as a pointer into the credential storage table, and the credential is then retrieved and used to facilitate multiple file accessess from the distributed file system. At the same time, the Web client may obtain access to Web server (as opposed to distributed file system) documents via conventional user id and password in an HTTP request.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4578531 (1986-03-01), Everhart et al.
patent: 5187790 (1993-02-01), East et al.
patent: 5491752 (1996-02-01), Kaufman et al.
patent: 5497463 (1996-03-01), Stein et al.
patent: 5530852 (1996-06-01), Meske, Jr. et al.
patent: 5572643 (1996-11-01), Judson
patent: 5644711 (1997-07-01), Murphy
patent: 5678041 (1997-10-01), Baker et al.
patent: 5708780 (1998-01-01), Levergood et al.
patent: 5734831 (1998-03-01), Sanders
patent: 5796952 (1998-08-01), Davis et al.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Distributed file system web server user authentication with cook does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Distributed file system web server user authentication with cook, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Distributed file system web server user authentication with cook will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-314068