Jericho Systems Corporation

Timothy Schmoyer

David Staggs

Vijayababu Subramanium

Michael Dufel

Credentials sent over a back channel during the authentication of a user to a RESTful service can elevate the trust the recipient system can place in the user's identity. The addition of an identity credential of higher strength can increase confidence in user identities electronically presented with a lower strength credential. Attributes from either credential can be used to determine authorization to a protected resource.

Elevating trust in user identity during RESTful authentication and authorization

Credentials sent over a back channel during the authentication of a user to a RESTful service can elevate the trust the recipient system can place in the user's identity. The addition of an identity credential of higher strength can increase confidence in user identities electronically presented with a lower strength credential.

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Timothy Schmoyer