Method for providing an authenticated connection between at least two communication partners (12, 14), having the steps of: - executing a server application at a first communication partner of the at least two communication partners (12, 14); - executing a first user application at a second communication partner of the at least two communication partners (12, 14); and - performing an application-related pairing between the server application at the first communication partner and the first user application at the second communication partner, in order to establish an application-restricted, authenticated connection between the first communication partner and the first user application at the second communication partner; - exchanging first, application-related, access data between the first user application at the second communication partner and the server application at the first communication partner via the application-restricted, authenticated connection between the first communication partner and the first user application at the second communication partner, wherein the first access data comprise a certificate; - executing a second user application at the second communication partner; and - performing an application-related pairing between the server application at the first communication partner and the second user application at the second communication partner, in order to establish an application-restricted, authenticated connection between the first communication partner and the second user application at the second communication partner; - identifying the second communication partner via the server application at the first communication partner; - identifying, via the server application at the first communication partner, the first user application executed at the second communication partner; - checking, by means of the server application at the first communication partner, whether an application-related pairing has already taken place between the server application at the first communication partner and the first user application at the second communication partner, in order to establish an application-restricted, authenticated connection between the first communication partner and the first user application at the second communication partner; - retrieving stored, application-related access data from a memory of the first communication partner in the event that an application-related pairing has taken place between the server application at the first communication partner and the first user application at the second communication partner, in order to establish an application-restricted, authenticated connection between the first communication partner and the first user application at the second communication partner. - executing a server application at a first communication partner of the at least two communication partners (12, 14); - executing a first user application at a second communication partner of the at least two communication partners (12, 14); and - performing an application-related pairing between the server application at the first communication partner and the first user application at the second communication partner, in order to establish an application-restricted, authenticated connection between the first communication partner and the first user application at the second communication partner; - exchanging first, application-related, access data between the first user application at the second communication partner and the server application at the first communication partner via the application-restricted, authenticated connection between the first communication partner and the first user application at the second communication partner, wherein the first access data comprise a certificate; - executing a second user application at the second communication partner; and - performing an application-related pairing between the server application at the first communication partner and the second user application at the second communication partner, in order to establish an application-restricted, authenticated connection between the first communication partner and the second user application at the second communication partner; - identifying the second communication partner via the server application at the first communication partner; - identifying, via the server application at the first communication partner, the first user application executed at the second communication partner; - checking, by means of the server application at the first communication partner, whether an application-related pairing has already taken place between the server application at the first communication partner and the first user application at the second communication partner, in order to establish an application-restricted, authenticated connection between the first communication partner and the first user application at the second communication partner; - retrieving stored, application-related access data from a memory of the first communication partner in the event that an application-related pairing has taken place between the server application at the first communication partner and the first user application at the second communication partner, in order to establish an application-restricted, authenticated connection between the first communication partner and the first user application at the second communication partner.