Patent ID: 8332647
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A user-to-workstation authentication system, comprising: an authentication web server operable to receive an authentication request from a workstation, the authentication request including a workstation message and a user message, the workstation message including a workstation object and a workstation signature within the workstation message, the workstation object including a workstation certificate associated with a workstation within the workstation object, the user message including a user object and a user signature within the user message, the user object including a copy of the workstation message and a user certificate associated with a user of the workstation within the user object; a certificate validation module operable to validate each of the workstation certificate and the user certificate; and an attribute retrieval module operable to retrieve one or more caveats defined for the workstation and one or more caveats defined for the user and determine one or more common caveats defined for both of the workstation and the user, with each of the one or more common caveats being defined for the workstation and being defined for the user; wherein the user-to-workstation authentication system is operable to provide a success response to the authentication request based on successful authentication of the workstation and successful authentication of the user.