Michael W Raymond

US Patent:

20090007256, Jan 1, 2009

Filed:

Jun 28, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/823579

Inventors:

Michael Raymond - Kenmore WA, US
Yu Chen - Redmond WA, US
Wei Wang - Issaquah WA, US
Mark T. Hanson - Woodinville WA, US
Jonathan David Schwartz - Redmond WA, US
Kenneth W. Sykes - Oakton VA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H04L 9/32

US Classification:

726 19, 726 17

Abstract:

An arrangement is provided for programmatically responding to a privilege request on behalf of a user by pre-configuring a trusted entity with a list of processes requiring elevated user credentials and a set of user's credentials having such privilege. The trusted entity determines if a requested process is included in the list of processes, and responds to the privilege requests generated by the kernel of the operating system for such processes, eliminating the need for the user to manually authenticate using some type of input mechanism.