Patent ID: 8539081
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for authenticating a client on a plurality of file servers in connection with providing proxy services to the client, comprising: establishing, at a network device, a connection between the client and a first file server of the plurality of file servers; receiving, at the network device, a transaction request from the client to access an object on the plurality of file servers; in response to the received transaction request and in order to provide proxy services to the client, authenticating, at the network device, the client on the other file servers of the plurality of file servers by successively obtaining a referral request from the client for each of the other file servers, wherein the successively obtained referral requests are used to authenticate the client on each of the other file servers of the plurality of file servers in connection with providing proxy services to the client, the authenticating comprising for each file server: after authenticating the client on the plurality of file servers, performing transactions at the network device to access the object or other objects on the plurality of file servers on behalf of the client.