Secure messaging facility system

A method of transferring user authentication data from an origin to a destination comprising:

• providing a DLL that creates a message, which includes the user authentication data obtained from a user authentication device at the origin and a destination information description indicating the destination of the message, wherein the DLL is associated with a local messaging facility service, the local messaging facility service comprising:
• a plurality of dynamically-linked libraries (DLL) including the DLL;
• a plurality of message handlers to process messages from the plurality of DLLs, wherein at least a portion of the message handlers use a message class included in a message to determine which of the portion of the message handlers are to handle the message;
• an interface to a transport mechanism to communicate with remote message facility services;
• and
• an interface to communicate with the user authentication device;
• and
• transferring the message from the origin to the destination using the DLL by:
• creating a secure message that includes the user authentication data;
• and
• transmitting the secure message to the local messaging facility service;
• receiving the secure message at the local messaging facility service from the DLL using a message handler from the plurality of message handlers;
• determining by the message handler that the destination is an authentication server having a remote messaging facility service based on destination information in the secure message;
• and
• routing the secure message to the remote messaging facility service using the transport mechanism.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for transferring user authentication data from an origin to a destination, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

• provide a DLL that creates a message, which includes the user authentication data obtained from a user authentication device at the origin and a destination information description indicating the destination of the message, wherein the DLL is associated with a local messaging facility service, the local messaging facility service comprising:
• a plurality of dynamically-linked libraries (DLL) including the DLL;
• a plurality of message handlers to process messages from the plurality of DLLs, wherein at least a portion of the message handlers use a message class included in a message to determine which of the portion of the message handlers are to handle the message;
• an interface to a transport mechanism to communicate with remote message facility services;
• and
• an interface to communicate with the user authentication device;
• and
• transfer the message from the origin to the destination using the DLL by:
• creating a secure message that includes the user authentication data;
• and
• transmitting the secure message to the local messaging facility service;
• receiving the secure message at the local messaging facility service from the DLL using a message handler from the plurality of message handlers;
• determining by the message handler that the destination is an authentication server having a remote messaging facility service based on destination information in the secure message;
• and
• routing the secure message to the remote messaging facility service using the transport mechanism.