Basic HTML version of Foils prepared 26 March 99

Foil 14 Authentication

From Overview of Security Proposals for Gateway Project Security Meeting ASC -- 15 March 99. by Tom Haupt


A principal is authenticated once by ORB and given a set of credentials, including one or more roles, privileges, and an authenticated ID.
An authenticated ID is automatically propagated by a secure ORB; it is part of the caller context
Principal
Credentials
Current
Client
Server
set_credentials
get_attributes
authenticate



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