System and method for web server user authentication

A method and system for automatically authenticating a user to applications in a network environment. After an initial authentication procedure, the user's identity is mapped into a network credential which includes the user's role, and which is formed into a cookie. To gain access to an a...

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Hauptverfasser:	BYRNE BARRY ANTHONY, PRESS JAMES, BROADHURST CHRISTOPHER JOHN CREIGHTON, WHITE CLIVE JOHN, MCMAHON PIERS
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
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:	A method and system for automatically authenticating a user to applications in a network environment. After an initial authentication procedure, the user's identity is mapped into a network credential which includes the user's role, and which is formed into a cookie. To gain access to an application requiring authentication, the cookie is provided to a script, and the information contained in the cookie is used to obtain authentication data required by the desired application.