MOVING PRINCIPALS ACROSS SECURITY BOUNDARIES WITHOUT SERVICE INTERRUPTION

MOVING PRINCIPALS ACROSS SECURITY BOUNDARIES WITHOUT SERVICE INTERRUPTION

An improved network architecture employs a super authority having an identity catalog to direct login authentication tasks to appropriate authorities. Authentication tasks may be performed by authorities across namespace boundaries if so directed by the super authority, such that a principal account...

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Hauptverfasser: WARD, RICHARD B, SATAGOPAN, MURLI D, PARHAM, JEFFREY B, DIXON, BRENDAN W
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre
Schlagworte:
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
ELECTRICITY
PHYSICS
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Zusammenfassung:An improved network architecture employs a super authority having an identity catalog to direct login authentication tasks to appropriate authorities. Authentication tasks may be performed by authorities across namespace boundaries if so directed by the super authority, such that a principal account may be moved without alteration of the account ID. In an embodiment of the invention, the identity catalog comprises a listing associating account IDs with appropriate authenticating authorities.