Proxied multi-factor authentication using credential and authentication management in scalable data networks
Proxied multi-factor authentication using credential and authentication management in scalable data networks is described, including initiating a request by an extension to authenticate a browser to access a data network, the request being associated with an address and transmitted over HTTP, receiving at a proxy browser a first message from the data network in response to the request, the first message comprising authentication data, the authentication data being forwarded to a server in data communication with the proxy browser and the browser, sending a second message from the server to the extension, the second message comprising the authentication data, and transferring authentication data to the data network from the browser and the extension in response to an query from the data network.
1. A method, comprising:
initiating a request to authenticate a browser to access a data network using a data communication protocol, the request being sent by an extension installed on the browser, the extension being implemented in association of a first client computing device in a subset of computing devices each including at least one browser and a corresponding extension;
receiving the request at a server substantially simultaneously with receipt of the request at the data network, the server configured to facilitate access to a single account at the data network via a single set of authentication data;
generating a first message at the server to send to another browser associated with another extension, the first message comprising another request from the server to receive authentication data sent from the data network to the another browser in response to the request, the single set of authentication data being configured to facilitate access to the single account in the data network by any computing device in the subset of computing devices;
receiving at the server the authentication data from the another browser; and
transferring the authentication data from the server to the browser, the browser transmitting the authentication data to the data network in a GET request to access data via the single account stored on the data network,
wherein multiple computing devices in the subset of computing devices implement the same data constituting the single set of authentication data to access the single account.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data communication protocol is hypertext transfer protocol.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the authentication data comprises login data.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the login data comprises a username and password.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising establishing a session between the data network and the browser if data is accepted by the data network, the session being configured to enable data transfer between the extension and the data network.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the session is configured to expire by the data network, the session being managed by a cookie tracked by the server and the data network.