Method for authentication between a network service provider to release content and a content owner

摘要

A method for authentication between a Content Delivery Network service provider and a content owner The method comprises: a) establishing a TCP connection between an end point of a CDN service provider and an authentication server of the content owner: b) for content requested by an end user over said established TCP connection, the end point sending an authentication request to the authentication server of the content owner; c) receiving, the authentication server, the authentication request and performing an authentication thereof, for the end user; and d) sending, the authentication server, a response to the end point, through the TCP connection, indicating if the authentication request has been granted or not. The method further comprises maintaining the established TCP connection open between the end point and the authentication server of the content owner and performing subsequent connection authentication requests through said maintained open TCP connection.