Proxied Multi-Factor Authentication for Scalable Data Networks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional authentication techniques are inefficient and unscalable, limiting organizations with multiple users from effectively utilizing social media and networks, as they require each user to have individual accounts, restricting access and stifling organizational use.
Innovation Solution
A system for proxied multi-factor authentication using credential and authentication management in scalable data networks, which allows multiple clients to access a single account by managing credentials and authentication data through a credential management module, enabling efficient access without the need for individual accounts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional authentication techniques are used, then individual accounts are required for each user, but this limits scalability and restricts organizational access
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication system is segmented into separate functional components: a credential management module that handles authentication logic, and client applications that perform authentication actions. This segmentation allows the credential management module to serve multiple clients through a single account without requiring individual accounts for each user, thereby improving organizational access while simplifying account management.
Solution Approach 2:
A single account is designed to serve multiple clients and users universally. The credential management module enables one account to perform authentication functions for multiple clients simultaneously, making the account multi-functional rather than client-specific. This universality directly addresses the scalability issue while reducing the need for multiple individual accounts.
2Productivity
If single-client accounts are used, then authentication is simple, but this stifles organizational use of social media and networks
Solution Approach 1:
The credential management module acts as an intermediary between multiple clients and the authentication system. It manages the complexity of authentication for multiple clients while presenting a simplified single-account interface to users. This intermediary handles the operational complexity of managing multiple clients, thereby improving organizational efficiency without compromising ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service authentication where the credential management module automatically handles authentication operations for multiple clients without requiring manual intervention for each client. The single account manages its own authentication requests from multiple clients autonomously, improving productivity while maintaining operational simplicity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple individual accounts are created for organizational users, then each user has dedicated access, but this increases complexity and reduces scalability
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple client authentication requests are merged into a single account framework. Instead of managing separate authentication systems for each client, the credential management module combines and handles all authentication operations through one unified account structure. This merging reduces system complexity while maintaining support for multiple users and clients.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses credential copying and token generation to enable multiple clients to access the same account. Rather than creating separate accounts, the credential management module generates and manages authentication tokens that can be copied and used by multiple clients. This copying approach maintains multi-user support while significantly reducing authentication system complexity.
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AI summary
Proxied multi-factor authentication using credential and authentication management in scalable data networks is described, including initiating a request by an extension to authenticate a browser to access a data network, the request being associated with an address and transmitted over HTTP, receiving at a proxy browser a first message from the data network in response to the request, the first message comprising authentication data, the authentication data being forwarded to a server in data communication with the proxy browser and the browser, sending a second message from the server to the extension, the second message comprising the authentication data, and transferring authentication data to the data network from the browser and the extension in response to an query from the data network.