Patent ID: 9021558
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, in response to a request transmitted from a computing device to access a computing solution, a command to authenticate a user of the computing device; determining, in response to receiving the command, whether a network address corresponding to the request matches at least one network address associated with a protected network; initiating, in response to the network address corresponding to the request not matching the at least one network address associated with the protected network, authentication of the user via a first number of authentication mechanisms defined via a stack of pluggable authentication modules at an identity provider corresponding to the computing solution; and delegating, in response to the network address corresponding to the request matching the at least one network address associated with the protected network, the authentication of the user via a second number, that is greater than the first number, of authentication mechanisms defined via a stack of pluggable authentication modules to an identity management system located within the protected network.