A UNIFIED NETWORK SECURITY ARCHITECTURE FOR LARGE, DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS IN TYPICAL, MULTI-ORGANIZATIONAL NE…

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A UNIFIED NETWORK SECURITY ARCHITECTURE FOR LARGE, DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS IN TYPICAL, MULTI-ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKING ENVIRONMENTS, IT IS DIFFICULT TO DEFINE AND MAINTAIN A UNIFORM AUTHENTICATION SCHEME THAT PROVIDES USERS WITH EASY ACCESS TO REQUIRED INFORMATION WHILE MAINTAINING THE SECURITY AND INTEGRITY OF THE UNDERLYING INFORMATION. THIS PROPOSAL OFFERS A UNIQUE AND INNOVATIVE ARCHITECTURE FOR DOING SO THROUGH THE UTILIZATION OF A PROXY SERVICE LISTENER (PSL) AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A CUSTOMIZED DOMAIN NAME SERVICE (DNS) SERVER. THE PSL PROVIDES A CENTRALIZED AUTHENTICATION FUNCTION THAT ACTS AS A CREDENTIALING AUTHORITY FOR ALL NETWORK SERVICES, THEREBY ENABLING A SINGLE SIGN-ON MECHANISM FOR ALL SERVICES/SERVERS OPERATING WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK. THIS ALLOWS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A CENTRALIZED ACCESS CONTROL INFRASTRUCTURE; YET, EACH SERVICE HAS THE OPTION TO DETERMINE THE ACCESS CONTROLS FOR ITS CLIENTS.