Patent ID: 9628465
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, from a client, a request to access a resource; determining an authentication process for access to the resource based on the request, wherein determining the authentication process includes determining a plurality of authentication components, and wherein the plurality of authentication components includes a first authentication component and a second authentication component; based on the determined authentication process, performing, using the first authentication component, a first authentication for the client; sending, based on the first authentication, an authentication context to the client, wherein the authentication context indicates an execution state of the authentication process; receiving, from the client, the authentication context; based on the execution state indicated by the authentication context, determining the second component as a next component in the authentication process; and based on the execution state indicated by the authentication context: bypassing the first authentication component; and then sending a request to the second authentication component of the authentication process, to perform a second authentication for the client.