Patent ID: 6434700
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A method for receiving and authenticating a Fortezza password within a computer system that also receives and authenticates passwords of other types and to thereby selectively permit a client associated with the Fortezza password to access a network that is protected by the computer system, the method comprising the steps of:receiving, from the client, user access information associated with a particular user of the client; determining, based on the user access information and a database that contains profile information associated with the user, a password type associated with the user; when the password type is FORTEZZA, requesting authentication of the password from a Fortezza server; granting the client access to the network when the Fortezza server approves the password; and when the password type is any type other than FORTEZZA, requesting authentication of the password from an authentication process that is associated with that password type.