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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2010
Thomas H. Gnech, Boeblingen, DE;
Rainer Himmelsbach, Boeblingen, DE;
Oliver Petrik, Boeblingen, DE;
Heike Schmidt, Boeblingen, DE;
Thomas H. Gnech, Boeblingen, DE;
Rainer Himmelsbach, Boeblingen, DE;
Oliver Petrik, Boeblingen, DE;
Heike Schmidt, Boeblingen, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and technique for managing authentication procedures for a user having access to several applications within a computing environment includes registering at an authentication manager different applications to which a user shall be given an authentication access by defining at the authentication manager a specific address identification allowing addressing the application specific authentication rules, logging the user to the authentication manager, the user requesting access to an application accessible by the authentication manager, and using the application specific address identification stored at the authentication manager to retrieve the application specific authentication rules for authenticating the user to the requested application.