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Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2010
Applicants:

Mira Belinkiy, Redmond, WA (US);

Tolga Acar, Sammamish, WA (US);

Thomas Roeder, Redmond, WA (US);

Jason Mackay, Sammamish, WA (US);

Brian Lamachia, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Mira Belinkiy, Redmond, WA (US);

Tolga Acar, Sammamish, WA (US);

Thomas Roeder, Redmond, WA (US);

Jason Mackay, Sammamish, WA (US);

Brian LaMachia, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/3265 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); H04L 2209/42 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques to allow a security policy language to accommodate anonymous credentials are described. A policy statement in a security policy language can reference an anonymous credential. When the policy statement is evaluated to decide whether to grant access to a resource mediated by the policy statement, the anonymous credential is used. The policy language can be implemented to allow one anonymous credential to delegate access-granting rights to another anonymous credential. Furthermore, an anonymous credential can be re-randomized to avoid linkage between uses of the anonymous credential, which can compromise anonymity.


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