JUST-IN-TIME AUTHENTICATION OF USER OF DIGITAL HOME NETWORK

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a network having a software system which minimizes the complexity of authentication of a user of a digital network system and also has high security at the same time. SOLUTION: The invention relates to a network with network nodes and a software system distributed over the network nodes within which, on first access to an access-protected object of the system, an authentication of the user is provided, where the authentication is valid at least for a further access to an access-protected object and a duration of the validity of the authentication is dependent on the duration of access to the access-protected object and/or on the context of the use of the system.