Distributed access control
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorAbhijeet Haldar
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Abstract
A distributed access control system is disclosed. A payload is received at a voted principal from the client. The voted principal is selected from the plurality of minors. The payload is passed to the minors, and the user is verified by a consensus of the minors. A response packet, which includes an authentication unit, is prepared via a consensus of minors. The response packet can be provided to the client via the voted principal. The ledger is updated to include the authentication unit.
Claims20
A method of distributing access control in a distributed ledger, the method comprising:
- receiving a payload at a voted principal of a plurality of networked minors;
- verifying a user from the payload via a consensus of the minors;
- preparing a response packet having an authentication unit via the minors;
- and
- updating the distributed ledger to include the authentication unit.
A computer readable storage device to store computer executable instructions to control a processor to:
- receive a payload at a voted principal;
- verify a user from the payload via a consensus of networked minors;
- prepare a response packet having an authentication unit via the networked minors;
- and
- update a distributed ledger to include the authentication unit.
A system, comprising:
- a memory device to store a set of instructions;
- and
- a processor to execute the set of instructions to:
- receive a payload at a voted principal;
- verify a user from the payload via a consensus of networked minors;
- prepare a response packet having an authentication unit via the networked minors;
- and
- update a distributed ledger to include the authentication unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.