Patent ID: 8819424
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer program product comprising one or more computer storage media, not including transmission media, having thereon computer-executable instructions that when executed by one or more processors of a computing system cause the computing system to perform a method for acquiring a connection token, the method comprising an intermediary system performing the following: an act of receiving, at the intermediary system, a connection request from a client to a server, the request including one or more connection credentials, formulated as one or more connection strings, used by the client to connect to the server; at the intermediary system, an act of using at least one of the one or more connection credentials to connect to the server to verify that the connection credentials are part of a valid connection with the server; as a result of the intermediary system connecting to the server to verify that the connection credentials are part of a valid connection with the server, an act of obtaining a session identifier generated as a result of the intermediary connecting to the server to verify that the connection credentials are part of a valid connection with the server; an act of formulating a connection ticket that includes the session identifier and at least one of the one or more connection strings; an act of encrypting the connection ticket using a secret key; an act of generating a token that includes the connection ticket; and an act of providing the token that includes the connection ticket to the client.