OFF-HOST AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM

摘要

An off-host authentication system includes a network. An off-host processing system is coupled to the network and sends an encrypted authentication item through the network in response to validating a user. An authentication information handling system (IHS) is coupled to the network and receives the encrypted authentication item from the off-host processing system through the network, decrypts the encrypted authentication item to produce a decrypted authentication item, validates the decrypted authentication item, and sends an approval message through the network. A directory system is coupled to the network and receives the approval message through the network and, in response, sends a user approval through the network. A host processing system, which is located in a user IHS that includes the off-host processing system and which is coupled to the network, logs a user into the user IHS in response to receiving the user approval through the network.

主权项

1. An off-host authentication system, comprising:
a network; an off-host processing system that is coupled to the network and that is configured to send an encrypted authentication item through the network in response to validating a user; an authentication information handling system (IHS) that is coupled to the network and that is configured to receive the encrypted authentication item from the off-host processing system through the network, decrypt the encrypted authentication item to produce a decrypted authentication item, validate the decrypted authentication item, and send an approval message through the network; a host processing system that is located in a user IHS that includes the off-host processing system, wherein the host processing system is coupled to the network and configured to receive the approval message directly from the authentication IHS through the network and, in response, forward the approval message through the network; and a directory system that is coupled to the network and that is configured to receive the approval message through the network from the host processing system and, in response, send a user approval through the network to the host processing system that causes the host processing system to log a user into the user IHS; wherein at least one of the off-host processing system, the authentication IHS, the directory system, and the host processing system utilizes a hardware processor.