Patent ID: 9009799
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A server device for providing secure access to a protected resource in a network, wherein the server device is arranged to: receive from a user a request associated with a first username for access to the protected resource, the first username being an immutable username; request from a policy server verification of the user's identity and authorization of the user's request for access to the protected resource on the basis of the first username; upon receiving the requested verification and authorization, forward the authorized request for access to the protected resource and its associated first username towards the protected resource; receive from the user a request associated with the first username identifying the user to record a second username for identifying the user, the second username being a modifiable username; request from the policy server verification of the user's identity and authorization of the user's request to record on the basis of the first username; upon receiving the requested verification and authorization, forward the second username for recording in association with the first username; receive from the user a request associated with the second username for access to the protected resource; request from the policy server verification of the user's identity and authorization of the user's request for access to the protected resource on the basis of the second username; and upon receiving the requested verification and authorization, modify the request by replacing the second username with the first username and forward the modified authorized request for access to the protected resource towards the resource.