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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2013
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Shon Kiran Shah, Redmond, WA (US);
Ajit Nagendra Padukone, Bellevue, WA (US);
Deepak Suryanarayanan, Seattle, WA (US);
Erik Jonathon Tellvik, Renton, WA (US);
David Everard Brown, Western Cape, ZA;
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are described for providing federated access to end-users of virtual machines. The method includes receiving a request from a user to access a resource outside of the user's original security domain. The user's existing security credentials are forwarded to an authentication entity, which determines if the user's credentials are authentic. If it is determined that the user's credentials are authentic, the user's target identity provider generates a security token that provides the virtual machine user with access to the resource, the resource residing in an external security domain. The user may log on to the virtual machine with access to the desired resource, subject to the privileges identified in the security token.