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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2004
Benjamin T. H. Cox, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Michael Kazar, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Daniel S. Nydick, Wexford, PA (US);
Richard N. Sanzi, Jr., Wexford, PA (US);
Michael Eisler, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Benjamin T. H. Cox, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Michael Kazar, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Daniel S. Nydick, Wexford, PA (US);
Richard N. Sanzi, Jr., Wexford, PA (US);
Michael Eisler, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Network Appliance, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for authenticating an unauthenticated file level protocol using a sidecar authentication mechanism. A client transmits an authentication ticket, UID and list of network addresses to an authentication daemon of a storage system. The authentication daemon verifies the user identity and generates a file system credential that is stored in a cache indexed by an authentication tuple. Received data access operations from a client are compared to authentication tuples by UID and network address and the file system utilizes the stored credential for processing the data access operation.