Centralized authentication for multiple applications

摘要

Network applications can provide network security without containing any security code or otherwise verifying the authenticity of each request that they receive for service. Instead, a single, centralized network authentication system can be placed between the network applications and all devices requesting for services from them. The authenticity of each request for service can then be verified by the centralized network authentication system before the request is passed to the network application to which it is directed. Responses from the network applications may also be channeled back to the systems that made the requests through the centralized network authentication system.