CPC H04L 63/08 (2013.01) [H04L 63/06 (2013.01); H04L 63/0807 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method for providing intercommunication within a system that uses disparate authentication technologies, the method comprising:
installing an executable custom client authenticator on non-server entity, wherein the custom client authenticator authorizes communication between a client application of a client and requested entities of a server and wherein a native authentication technology for the client is different than a native authentication technology for the server;
registering the custom client authenticator, that is installed and performs on the non-server entity, in a descriptor file that is accessible by the server;
generating, performed at the custom client authenticator on the non-server entity, an authorization token for the client;
transmitting the authorization token as part of a request message for the client application to the server;
validating, performed at the custom client authenticator on the non-server entity, the authorization token on behalf of the server; and
forwarding the request message to the requested entities executing on the server based on the validating.
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