| US 7,503,061 B2 | ||
| Secure resource access | ||
| Ward Scott Foster, Boise, Id. (US); Robert John Madril, Jr., Boise, Id. (US); and Shell Sterling Simpson, Boise, Id. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 24, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/396,271. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0193887 A1, Sep. 30, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04L 9/32 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 726—2 [726/3; 726/4] | 32 Claims |
| 1. In a computer network, a method for granting a request from a first resource to access a second resource, comprising:
on behalf of the second resource, receiving from the first resource, digitally signed instructions directing the first resource
to access the second resource;
independent of the first resource, utilizing data used to sign the instructions received from the first resource to verify
that the instructions originated from an authorized source other than the first resource; and
granting the first resource access to the second resource only upon verifying that the instructions originated from an authorized
source other than the first resource, the authorized source being a user of a client device interacting with the first resource
via the computer network.
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