Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Microsoft Corporation

David R Mowers

John A Banes

Paul J Leach

Daniel Ron Simon

Joseph M Joy

Cem Paya

Feng Sun

Donald E Schmidt

Richard Bruce Ward

John E Brezak

Alexandru Gavrilescu

Kahren Tevosyan

Roy A Leban

Jeffrey F Spelman

Ram Viswanathan

Grigori M Somin

Cezar Ungureanasu

Geeman Yip

Ryan D Johnson

Daniel Doubrovkine

Matthew Hur

Krishnanand K Shenoy

William Canning

Harini Raghavan

This disclosure pertains generally to client authentication. One aspect of the disclosure relates to a first server for presenting evidence to a Domain Controller (DC) of a first authentication context being submitted from a client to the first server to obtain a delegable credential, wherein the credential can be used to request a second authentication context from that client to a second server. Another aspect relates to the first server providing a pass-thru with evidence to a DC. The evidence relates to a first authentication context being submitted from a client to the first server that it obtained a delegable credential. The pass-thru is used in combination with the credential to request a second authentication context from the client to a second server.

Pass-thru for client authentication

An exemplary network gateway is capable of accepting a session-related message having a session identifier field; the network gateway is adapted to extract a host identifier from a value populating the session identifier field and to perform a routing operation for the session-related message using the host identifier. For an exemplary media implementation, processor-executable instructions direct a device to perform actions including: ascertaining a host identifier from a session identifier field of a session message; and routing the session message responsive to the ascertained host identifier. An exemplary apparatus includes: at least one processor; and one or more media including processor-executable instructions that are capable of being executed by the at least one processor to direct the apparatus to perform actions including: receiving a session message having a session identifier including a host identifier; and routing the session message responsive to the host identifier.

Routing hints

PassThru for client authentication

A first exemplary media implementation includes processor-executable instructions that direct a device to perform actions including: creating a session identifier using a host identifier; and formulating a host session initiation message with the created session identifier. A first exemplary device implementation includes: at least one processor; and one or more media including processor-executable instructions that direct the device to perform actions including: formulating a host session message with a session identifier that is created responsive to a host identifier; and sending the formulated host session message that includes the session identifier from the device. A second exemplary media implementation includes a data structure that has a message including a session identifier field, at least part of the session identifier field including a host identifier. A second exemplary device implementation includes: a host identifier; and a session identifier creator that is adapted to create a session identifier using the host identifier.

A permission information system and method are provided. The system facilitates management of permissions across a wide variety of systems and applications in a network environment. The system includes a data store which is a central repository that maintains permissions (e.g., in a user readable format). The permissions can, optionally, be translated into a format that is useable by endpoint system(s). The system further includes a metadirectory component which notices change(s) that are created in the data store and sends the security information to the endpoint system(s). The new security policy can then installed and enforced on the endpoint systems. The system can thus employ the capabilities of a metadirectory to distribute security policy(ies) to these end-point systems. The system can, optionally, include one or more translator(s) which transform the user readable format into a format that is consumable by the endpoint system(s).

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A system for authenticating computer users comprising a single active directory disposed in an intranet, a web server disposed in a DMZ associated with the intranet, and a web client coupled to the web server through an internet connection that is capable of signing on to the web server.

Providing tokens to access extranet resources

Methods and systems are provided to allow users that are authenticated by a trusted external service to gain controlled levels of access to selected local computing resources without requiring the user to also have conventional access control capabilities for the resources.

Persistent authorization context based on external authentication

Disclosed are peer-to-peer computer program products, methods, and systems in which a remote peer on a peer-to-peer network is granted or denied access to a resource based on the credentials presented by the remote peer. In accordance with the disclosed subject matter, an access token that includes one or more security identification values which represent respectively one or more access rights in an access control system is generated. An execution thread that is associated with the access token thus generated attempts to access the resource on behalf of the remote peer. In some embodiments, the access control system includes a generic user account, and the access token that is generated for the remote peer includes the security identification value associated with the generic user account in the access control system.

Peer-to-peer authorization method

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Issaquah, WA, United States of America

David R Mowers