Patent ID: 9300664
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. An off-host authentication system, comprising: a network; an off-host processing system that is coupled to the network and that is configured to send an encrypted authentication item through the network in response to validating a user; an authentication information handling system (IHS) that is coupled to the network and that is configured to receive the encrypted authentication item from the off-host processing system through the network, decrypt the encrypted authentication item to produce a decrypted authentication item, validate the decrypted authentication item, and send an approval message through the network; a directory system that is coupled to the network and that is configured to receive the approval message directly from the authentication IHS through the network and, in response, send a user approval that includes an authentication token through the network; and a host processing system that is located in a user IHS that includes the off-host processing system, wherein the host processing system is coupled to the network and configured to log a user into the user IHS in response to receiving the user approval through the network from the directory system; and wherein at least one of the off-host processing system, the authentication IHS, the directory system, and the host processing system utilizes a hardware processor.