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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1996
Timothy S Dare, Damascus, MD (US);
Eric B Ek, New Market, MD (US);
Gary L Luckenbaugh, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A method for authenticating an authorized user to multiple computer servers within a distributed computing environment after a single network sign-on is disclosed. In accordance with the method and system of the present invention, an authentication broker is provided within the distributed computing network. The authentication broker first receives an authentication request from a workstation. After a determination that the authentication request is valid, the authentication broker then issues a Kerberos Ticket Granting Ticket to the workstation. At this point, if there is a request by the workstation for accessing a Kerberos Ticket-based server within the distributed computing network, the authentication broker will issue a Kerberos Service Ticket to the workstation. Similarly, if there is a request by the workstation for accessing a passticket-based server within the distributed computing network, the authentication broker will issue a passticket to the workstation. Finally, if there is a request by the workstation for accessing a password-based server within the distributed computing network, the authentication broker will issue a password to the workstation. By this, accesses to all of the above servers within the distributed computing network can be granted via a single network authentication request.