Patent ID: 8707387

Claim:
A host based security system for a computer network comprising: a local computer in communication with said network; a destination server in communication with said network, said destination server having a credential authentication policy; a credential host in communication with said network, said credential host being operative to transmit credentials associated with a user of said local computer onto said network in response to a request initiated at said local computer to connect to said destination server, said destination server upon said credentials being received and authenticated in accordance with said authentication policy being operative to transmit session information onto said network for receipt at said credential host which upon receipt thereof is further operative to retransmit said session information to said local computer; said local computer upon receipt of said session information having a communication session operatively established with said destination server such that during said communication session said local computer is authenticated to communicate data bi-directionally with said destination server in accordance with said session information; and an auxiliary device associated with said user of said local computer, said credential host having a credential authentication policy under which credentials associated with said user of said local computer, wherein said credentials associated with said user includes a user ID and a password, upon being authenticated authorizes said credential host to be responsive to said request initiated by said local computer, said auxiliary device being in communication with said credential host, said credentials being transmitted to said credential host upon user ID being entered at said local computer and said password being entered at said auxiliary device.