Authentication manager
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorJesper M. Johansson
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Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments for an authentication manager. In one embodiment, the authentication manager performs an identity verification on a network site. The authentication manager determines that a particular portable data store is present in the client computing device, and then reads a security credential from the particular portable data store. The authentication manager automatically sends data encoding the security credential to the network site.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, via an authentication manager executed by a client, a configuration file including a security credential specification for a network site, the configuration file further including a description of an interface of an authentication endpoint;
- extracting, via the authentication manager executed by the client, a maximum credential length and a character set from the security credential specification;
- and
- automatically generating, via the authentication manager executed by the client, a security credential for the network site based at least in part on the maximum credential length and the character set allowed by the security credential specification.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying an authentication manager executable in a client computing device, wherein when executed the authentication manager causes the client computing device to at least:
- receive a configuration file including a security credential specification for a network site, the configuration file further including a description of an interface of an authentication endpoint;
- extract a parameter from the security credential specification;
- automatically generate a security credential for the network site based at least in part on the parameter from the security credential specification;
- automatically create an account for the network site using the security credential;
- and
- store the security credential in a particular portable data store removably attached to the client computing device.
A system, comprising:
- a client computing device;
- and
- an authentication manager executable in the client computing device, wherein when executed the authentication manager causes the client computing device to at least:
- receive a configuration file including a security credential specification for a network site, the configuration file further including a description of an interface of an authentication endpoint;
- extract a maximum credential length and a character set from the security credential specification;
- and
- automatically generate a security credential for the network site based at least in part on the maximum credential length and the character set allowed by the security credential specification.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.