Deriving a username based on a digital certificate

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with instructions for determining a first username, when executed by a processor, comprises:

• obtaining a first digital certificate from a first computer application requesting a service of creating a client channel connection;
• authenticating the first digital certificate of the first computer application;
• and
• after authenticating the first digital certificate, retrieving the first username from the first digital certificate that is recognized by a second computer application performing the service as a registered user of the second computer application, wherein the first digital certificate independently identifies the first username of the registered user;
• automatically logging the registered user into the second computer application as the first username retrieved from the first digital certificate;
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• dynamically creating the channel connection based on the first username between the first computer application and the second computer application in response to the first digital certificate being authenticated and receiving the first username from the first digital certificate,
• wherein the first username is stored in the first digital certificate as part of a common name of the first digital certificate, the common name having a plurality of components separated by a respective delimiter.

A system for determining a username, comprising:

• a network interface of a computer system configured to obtain a digital certificate of a user that is requesting a service of creating a client channel connection;
• a processor of the computer system configured to attempt to authenticate the digital certificate that is received from the user;
• the processor of the computer system further configured to, in response to authenticating the digital certificate, retrieve the username for the user embedded in the digital certificate that is recognized by the computer application as a registered user of the computer application, wherein the digital certificate independently identifies the username of the registered user;
• the processor of the computer system further configured to automatically log the user into the computer system under the username obtained from the digital certificate;
• and
• the network interface of the computer system configured to dynamically create the client channel connection between the computer system and a second computer system based on the username in response to the digital certificate being authenticated and the username being obtained from the digital certificate,
• wherein the username is stored in the digital certificate as part of a common name of the digital certificate, the common name having a plurality of components separated by a respective delimiter.