Patent ID: 8327434

Claim:
A system configured to enable networked resources not behind a proxy authentication server to use the proxy authentication server for authentication, the system comprising: electronic storage configured to store information related to one or more users, wherein the stored information for individual users includes authentication information; a proxy authentication server configured to act as an intermediary between a client operated by a user and one or more servers behind the proxy authentication server that are configured to serve client requests to a first set of one or more resources, the proxy authentication server being further configured to authenticate the client based on a comparison between authentication information received from the client and authentication information stored in the electronic storage; an identification server communicatively linked with the proxy and configured to transmit an identifier that authenticates the client to one or more servers not behind the proxy authentication server; wherein the proxy authentication server and the identification server are further configured to (i) receive an authentication request from a server that is not located behind the proxy server and is configured to serve client resources to a second set of one or more resources, (ii) in response to receiving such a request, to initiate a determination by the proxy authentication server as whether or not the client is currently authenticated by the proxy authentication server, and (iv) to transmit the identifier from the identification server to the server not behind the proxy authentication server only if the proxy authentication server determines that the client is currently authenticated.