Techniques for reliable network authentication

摘要

Disclosed are various embodiments of techniques that may be used to improve the reliability of network authentication. A communication session is established between a server computing device and a client computing device. The communication session is established via a network using a credential for a network site. A verifier for the credential is generated, which may be used to confirm the authenticity of the credential. The verifier is provided to the client computing device via the network.

主权项

1. A system, comprising:
a first computing device connected to a network; an application executable in the first computing device, the application comprising logic that establishes a communication session with a second computing device, the communication session being established via the network using an offered credential for the second computing device; and a validation service executable in the first computing device, the validation service comprising:
logic that generates a validation of the offered credential obtained by the first computing device, the validation using a first verifier for a recognized credential of the second computing device and a second verifier for the offered credential, the recognized credential being obtained from at least one previous communication session, the second verifier for the offered credential being obtained via the network based at least in part upon signature data specifying at least one location of the second verifier for the offered credential; andlogic that terminates the communication session in response to a failure in the validation.