Patent ID: 8756429

Claim:
A method for processing a secure communication between a user machine and an application server, said method comprising: enabling a first user to choose a first encryption type from among a plurality of encryption types listed in a Kerberos configuration file; associating said first user with said first encryption type; storing said first encryption type and said first user associated with said first encryption type on a server side in a Kerberos registry; enabling a second user to choose a second encryption type from among said plurality of encryption types listed in said Kerberos configuration file; associating said second user with said second encryption type; storing said second encryption type and said second user associated with said second encryption type on said server side in said Kerberos registry; and using said first and second encryption types in encrypting a session tickets for use by said first and second users, respectively, in communicating securely between said user machine and said application server whereby different users are enabled to use different encryption types from said user machine, wherein said first and second encryption types are implemented for use in encrypting session keys for said first and second users, and wherein said first and second encryption types are implemented for use in encrypting session tickets for communication between said first and second users on said user machine and said application server.