Patent ID: 6182229
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
In a network including a client system and a group of at least one remote server, a method for authenticating a user operating said client system to said group of remote servers comprising the steps of:storing a plurality of entries corresponding to each remote server of said group in a database, each said entry comprising a password of the user registered at the corresponding remote server, said password being encrypted using a master password;receiving, at said client systems, an authentication request message from a first selected remote server of said group;inhibiting said client system from displaying an authentication form;prompting the user for said master password;searching said database for an entry corresponding to said authentication request message;decrypting, at said client system, said password registered at said first selected remoter server using the master password as a key; andsending, responsive to said authentication request message, said password form said client system to said first selected remote server.