System and method for providing anonymous access to shared resources

An information handling system comprising a computer processor, wherein the computer processor is operable to implement a method, the method comprising:

• creating an anonymous target that generically represents anonymous users;
• assigning shared resources to the anonymous target;
• receiving a request for anonymous access from a client system of an anonymous user, wherein the request for anonymous access excludes credentials;
• responsive to the request for anonymous access:
• generating, by the information handling system, single-session anonymous-user credentials for the anonymous user, wherein the single-session anonymous-user credentials are not presented to or provided by the anonymous user;
• determining the shared resources assigned to the anonymous target;
• communicating at least a portion of the determined shared resources to the client system as authorized anonymous-access resources;
• responsive to the communicating, receiving a request from the client system to access a target resource of the authorized anonymous-access resources;
• causing an anonymous-user account to be created on the target resource using the single-session anonymous-user credentials;
• and
• allowing the client system anonymous single sign-on access to the target resource via the anonymous-user account and without the client system providing credentials to the information handling system.

A computer-program product comprising a non-transitory computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein, the computer-readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method comprising:

• creating an anonymous target that generically represents anonymous users;
• assigning at least a portion of the shared resources to the anonymous target;
• receiving a request for anonymous access from a client system of an anonymous user, wherein the request for anonymous access excludes credentials;
• responsive to the request for anonymous access:
• generating, by a broker server that provides single sign-on (SSO) access to shared resources, single-session anonymous-user credentials for the anonymous user, wherein the single-session anonymous-user credentials are not presented to or provided by the anonymous user;
• determining the shared resources assigned to the anonymous target;
• communicating at least a portion of the determined shared resources to the client system as authorized anonymous-access resources;
• responsive to the communicating, receiving a request from the client system to access a target resource of the authorized anonymous-access resources;
• responsive to the request to access the target resource, causing an anonymous-user account to be created on the target resource using the single-session anonymous-user credentials;
• and
• allowing the client system anonymous SSO access to the target resource via the anonymous-user account and without the client system providing credentials to the broker server.