Amazon.com, Inc.
Authentication to network-services using hosted authentication information

Abstract:

Systems and methods are described for facilitating authentication of hosted network services to other services. A target service, such as a database, may require specific authentication information, such as a username and password, to access the target service. While this information could be manually specified in the hosted network service, de-centralized storage of authentication information is generally discouraged by security best practices. This disclosure provides an authentication proxy system that reduces or eliminates a need for hosted network services to store authentication information for target services. Rather, the authentication proxy system can obtain authentication information for the hosted network service that is provided by a hosting system, and authenticate the hosted network service using that authentication information. If authenticated, the proxy system can retrieve authentication information for the target service, and pass operations from the hosted network service to the target service using the authentication information for the target service.