System for connecting a client system to a server system includes a client
database of certificates; a user access panel for receiving user
authentication indicia; a program interface for authenticating a
certificate in the client database with respect to the indicia; a
communication link interconnecting the client and server; a server
database of certificates; a program interface for authenticating a
certificate received from the client over with a certificate in the server
database and responsive thereto for establishing a job session with the
client without prompting for user input of user profile and password.