METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURELY CACHING AUTHENTICATION ELEMENTS

摘要

A system and method for authorizing a user to a plurality of secure servers. Each server is adapted to store user information. The secure server receives a request for access to one of the plurality of secure servers from a first user device from a user possessing an authorized account identifier. An authentication server may intervene and request the user authenticate to the authentication server and transmit a client-side electronic lockbox stored at the first user device to the authentication server. The authentication server retrieves a key' corresponding to the received client-side lockbox and uses the key to decrypt an encrypted file contained within the lockbox. The decrypted file may contain authentication information that is forwarded to the secure server. The secure server grants the user access to the user's content stored thereon when the authentication information received from the authentication server corresponds to the authentication information stored at the secure server for the user. The present method provides the user the ability to manage access to the user's content by permitting the user to delete or disable a client-side lockbox or associated key from a remote location.