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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2008
Louis A. Gasparini, San Mateo, CA (US);
William H. Harris, Jr., Woodside, CA (US);
Do-pil (Don) Park, Redwood City, CA (US);
Louis A. Gasparini, San Mateo, CA (US);
William H. Harris, Jr., Woodside, CA (US);
Do-Pil (Don) Park, Redwood City, CA (US);
Personal Capital Technology Corporation, Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A host based security system for a computer network includes in communication with the network a credential host that is operative in concert with a local computer and a destination site. The destination site has a credential authentication policy under which credentials associated with the local computer upon being authenticated authorizes data to be communicated between each of the destination site and the local computer during a communication session over the network. The credential host stores the credentials to be used by the destination and is operative to transmit the credentials onto the network in response to a request received from the local computer. The destination site upon the credentials being received and authenticated thereat is operative to transmit session information onto the network. In turn, the local computer is then operative to commence the communication session upon receipt of said the information.