Client-based authentication

摘要

Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to invoke multiple authentication mechanisms, by a client node, to encrypt N split-keys using credentials associated with corresponding ones of the authentication mechanisms. Further activity may include transforming the split-keys to provide N encrypted split-keys, and storing each of the encrypted split-keys with an associated local user identity and an identity of corresponding ones of the authentication mechanisms. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
one or more processing devices configured to:
acquire network user credentials for a user;perform a successful network login to a network with the network user credentials; andstore, local to the apparatus, the network user credentials securely as a plurality of encrypted N split-keys respectively corresponding to N authentication mechanisms to authenticate the user to the apparatus with the network user credentials using the locally stored network user credentials, via the N authentication mechanisms, when the network is unavailable.