Multiple Authentication Channels, Each Using Multiple Authentication Modes

摘要

An application server (130) receives a user authentication request from a client (105). The application server accesses a password associated with the user name, stored in clear text locally on the application server, and attempts to authenticate the password using an authentication server (205). If the password authentication succeeds, the application server hashes the clear text password and compares (420) the hashes. If the hashes match, the user authentication succeeds. <IMAGE>