Patent ID: 7992194
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for identity and role management in a communication network, the method comprising associating an entity with a key; associating the entity with a role; associating the key and the role with a signature; providing an identity of the entity, the key, the role and the signature to be accessed through the communication network in response to an authentication query specifying the role but not identifying the entity, the entity being selected from a set of entities each associated with the role specified in the authentication query, wherein the providing comprises publishing a resource record group comprising the key, the role and the signature in a name server communicatively coupled to the communication network, wherein the resource record group is associated with the identity; and receiving a communication message routed through the communication network based on the provided identity of the entity and not the role specified in the authentication query, the identity being different from the role.