摘要 |
A user authentication method and apparatus, the user authentication method including: performing a user authentication using user information transmitted by a host through a protocol supporting user authentication; generating user authentication information from the transmitted user information if the user authentication is performed successfully; and determining whether a service requested from the host using a protocol that does not support user authentication is permitted by using the generated user authentication information. Thus, the method can be used to selectively provide a service even when a service using a protocol that does not support user authentication is requested. |