| 摘要 |
<p>An authentication method, method of generating credentials, and associated device. the authentication method comprising: upon receiving a logon request of an application client and generated according to a first user name and a first credential, searching for a second credential corresponding to the first user name; verifying, according to the second credential, whether the application client has been authenticated; the second credential is generated by the bootstrapping function (BSF) using the same means as that used by the credential-generating client (CGC) when generating the first credential. Also disclosed are a corresponding method and application server (NAF) and CGC for generating credentials. When an application client requests to log on to the NAF, a username can be entered that is easy for a user to remember, and an easy-to-input credential generated in the same manner by the CGC and BSF on any terminal can be inputted; the NAF logon and authentication is completed by means of said user name and credential, thereby avoiding input, by a user, of a complex user name and credential and simplifying the logon process.</p> |
