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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1998
Douglas W. Steele, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Todd M. Goin, Loveland, CO (US);
Craig W. Bryant, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method provide flexible and heightened security for accessing web resources with a client browser, where the web resources are on a server. In particular, the apparatus and method are accomplished by having the client browser generate a token that is provided to a security server to provide third party validation of a client request for service. The client browser then makes a call for service, and includes the token as a argument of the call. A CGI-BIN program that receives the call for service also receives the service identifier and arguments, among which is the client user interface generated token. The CGI-BIN program establishes a connection to the security server, and then sends the token received as an argument to the security server for third-party verification. If the token is verified by the security server, then the CGI-BIN program executes the requested service program.