Patents by Inventor Mark Syms

Mark Syms has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTHENTICATING SERVERS IN A SERVER FARM
    Publication number: 20060236385
    Abstract: A method and system for authenticating a server in a server farm. A first server in the server farm derives a Kerberos service ticket and a Kerberos authenticator responsive to information associated with the server farm. The server transmits the Kerberos service ticket and the Kerberos authenticator to a second server in the server farm. The second server authenticates the first server, responsive to the received Kerberos service ticket and the Kerberos authenticator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Applicant: CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Innes, Chris Mayers, Mark Syms, David Otway
  • A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REQUESTING AND GRANTING MEMBERSHIP IN A SERVER FARM
    Publication number: 20060161974
    Abstract: A server transmits to a server in a server farm a request for membership in the server farm and a first nonce. The server derives a Kerberos service ticket and a Kerberos authenticator, responsive to generating a hash of the server farm name, a passphrase, the name of the server, the name of the server in the server farm, the first nonce, and a second nonce. The server transmits the Kerberos service ticket and the Kerberos authenticator to the server in the server farm. The server in the server farm authenticates the requesting server responsive to the received Kerberos service ticket and the Kerberos authenticator and a generated hash. The server in the server farm transmits, responsive to the authentication, a secret to the requesting server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Innes, Chris Mayers, Mark Syms, David Otway