Patent ID: 9497188
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method in a node, the method comprising: including, by the node, in a dataset, data indicative of at least a time, a username, and a list of authorization levels; obtaining, by the node, from the dataset the list of authorization levels; setting, by the node, an index to equal “1”, where the index serves as an index to the list of authorization levels; getting, by the node, a selected authorization level from the list of authorization levels; executing, by the node, a hash function on at least the time, the username, and the selected authorization level to yield a hash value; determining, by the node whether said hash value matches or does not match a password from a user associated with the username; based on the determination that said hash value does match the password from the user, granting said user access to the node; based on the determination that said hash value does not match the password from the user, determining, by the node, whether or not reached an end of the list of authorization levels;