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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
May. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Liqiang Zhu, Bellevue, WA (US);
Joel T. Hendrickson, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 21/34 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0853 (2013.01); G06F 21/34 (2013.01); H04L 9/0897 (2013.01); H04L 9/3234 (2013.01); H04L 9/3236 (2013.01); H04L 9/3268 (2013.01); H04L 63/083 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2141 (2013.01); H04L 2463/082 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data center operator is authenticated to obtain requested access to a data center by an approval mechanism on the data center that receives an access request that includes authentication information. The authentication information includes a smart card thumb print which comprises a value that uniquely identifies the smart card based on a private key generated within the smart card. The approval mechanism identifies access policies corresponding to the unique smart card identifier.