REQUEST-SPECIFIC AUTHENTICATION FOR ACCESSING WEB SERVICE RESOURCES

摘要

Requests for access to Web service resources are evaluated based on the type of request that is received. Requests are not granted unless sufficient proof of authentication is provided to grant that request. An authentication service evaluates one or more factors to determine whether or not to authenticate the client. After being authenticated by the authentication service, proof of authentication is provided to the Web service, which grants access to the Web service resource.

主权项

1. A computing system for controlling access to a protected Web service resource, the computing system comprising:
a communication device for communicating across a communication network; a processor communicatively connected to the communication device; and memory storing program instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the computing system to perform a method of controlling access to the protected Web service resource, the method comprising:
(i) receiving a first request from a client to access the protected Web service resource from the communication network;(ii) determining that the client has been authenticated according to a first factor;(iii) granting the first request to access the protected Web service resource based on authentication according to the first factor;(iv) receiving a second request from the client to access the protected Web service resource from the communication network;(v) denying the second request to access the protected Web service resource based on the authentication according to the first factor being insufficient to grant the second request;(vi) determining that the client has been authenticated according to a second factor, and(vii) granting the second request to access the protected Web service resource based on authentication according to the second factor.