A method for preventing unauthorized access by a requestor to data sent via computer
networks, including a) requesting, from a requesting computer, access to data from
a first server, at the first server b) determining if the request is a valid request,
c) receiving a ticket from a ticket server, if the request is a valid request d)
providing the ticket identifying the requestor to a second server the data is stored,
e) directing the requesting computer to request access to the data from the second
server, at the second server f) receiving the request from the requesting computer,
g) verifying the ticket as identifying the requestor, and h) sending the data to
the requesting computer in response to the request.