Patent ID: 8087075
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computerized method that processes login credentials, the method comprising: pre-fetching from a Kerberos server a user service ticket associated with a future user of a login device prior to a request from the user of the login device to authenticate, wherein pre-fetching the user service ticket comprises: receiving an authentication request at the login device from the user subsequent to pre-fetching the user service ticket, the authentication request comprising one or more login credentials of the user; in response to receiving the authentication request from the user, determining whether the Kerberos server is unavailable; and in response to determining that the Kerberos server is unavailable, authenticating the user based on the user service ticket stored in the ticket cache, said authenticating comprising decrypting the user service ticket and comparing the identification information about the user stored in the user service ticket with the one or more login credentials of the user.