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Patent No.:

US 8533789 B1

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Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2006
Applicants:

Srikanthan Raghunathan, Bangalore, IN;

Arati Pradhan, Bangalore, IN;

John Thomas, Bangalore, IN;

Kranthi K. Pachipala, Bangalore, IN;

Michael H. Walther, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Sachin B. Chaudhari, Oakland, CA (US);

Inventors:

Srikanthan Raghunathan, Bangalore, IN;

Arati Pradhan, Bangalore, IN;

John Thomas, Bangalore, IN;

Kranthi K. Pachipala, Bangalore, IN;

Michael H. Walther, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Sachin B. Chaudhari, Oakland, CA (US);

Assignee:

EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Authenticating a user is disclosed. An indication that a portal user wants to access a docbase is received. A non-user-specific credential is used to log in to the docbase on behalf of the portal user. Optionally, the docbase is configured to limit the portal user's access to the docbase, during times when the non-user-specific credential has been used to log in to the docbase on behalf of the portal user, to an extent of access that is associated with a user-specific data associated with the portal user.


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