Enforcing a health policy in a local area network
US8793782B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 27, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 27, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/162
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for injecting a security token into an authentication protocol response is disclosed. An authentication protocol response from a node requesting access to a network is intercepted. It is determined if the node complies with a health policy of the network. A security token is inserted into the authentication protocol response based on the compliance node.
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