System and method to associate a private user identity with a public user identity

摘要

The inventive system includes a host, a network including a security gateway, and a public application. Established are an access session between the network and the host and an application session between the public application and the network. An application session record is created for the application session, and includes the user's public user identity used to access the public application, the user's private user identity used to access the network, a host identity, and an application session time. To determine the private user identity for the application session, the security gateway sends a query with the host identity and the application session time. These are compared with the host identity and access session time in an access session record. If they match, then the private user identity in the access session record is returned, and it is stored as the private user identity in the application session record.

主权项

1. A method for associating a user identity used for accessing a network, comprising:
recognizing an application session between the network and an application via a security gateway; retrieving an application data field from a data packet transmitted over the application session; creating an application session record for the application session, wherein the application session record comprises: the application data field; an application session time; and a user identity for using the application session via a host having a host identity, wherein the creating comprises:
sending a query to an identity server, wherein the query comprises the application session time and the host identity;receiving a response from the identity server to the query, wherein the response comprises a second user identity, wherein the identity server comprises an access session record for an access session between the host and the security gateway, wherein the access session record comprises an access session time, and the receiving comprises:
comparing by the identity server the access session time with the application session time; andstoring the second user identity as the user identity for using the application session in the application session record; and determining that the application session time is between a starting time and an ending time of the access session record.