Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for application software system installation in a user device wherein the desired App includes App configuration data to be entered by the intended user through a user interface. An App configuration data validation processor verifies that the user has correctly entered the desired App configuration data. When the user requests an install of the desired App to a particular device, the system digitally signs the App with the validated embedded data in an App configuration file, which digital signature must be validated by the intended device before installation of the App is accepted on the device. After both validation of the configuration data and the digital signature, the user is then permitted to execute the App on the intended device.

Abstract: Improved network authentication process (NAP) allows omission of difficult-to-remember credentials, such as domain names/contexts, when users log on to a device via a local user interface (UI). Embodiments receive some authentication credentials, such as username and password, and obtain and parse reply data containing additional authentication credentials, such as domain name or context associated with the user, from a netvork directory server. The process sends now-complete authentication credentials to the authentication server, and authentication results are returned to the authentication service, which trickles the information to the local UI used to enter credentials.