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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2011
Sai Sudhir Anantha Padmanaban, Redmond, WA (US);
Alan M. Warwick, Bellevue, WA (US);
Andrea D'amato, Kirkland, WA (US);
Henry Anthuvan Aloysius, Sammamish, WA (US);
Vladimir Petter, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sai Sudhir Anantha Padmanaban, Redmond, WA (US);
Alan M. Warwick, Bellevue, WA (US);
Andrea D'Amato, Kirkland, WA (US);
Henry Anthuvan Aloysius, Sammamish, WA (US);
Vladimir Petter, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to a distributed network name. In aspects, computers of a cluster have components of a distributed network name service. The network name service has a leader and clones that are hosted on the computers of the cluster. The leader is responsible for updating a name server with network names and addresses of the computers. The leader is also responsible for configuring a security server that allows clients to securely access the computers. The network name service provides credentials to local security authorities of the computers so that a client that attempts to access a service of the computers can be authenticated.