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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2002
Amitava Das, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Michael A. Wright, Cary, NC (US);
Joseph A. Salowey, Seattle, WA (US);
William C. Gossman, Seattle, WA (US);
Amitava Das, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Michael A. Wright, Cary, NC (US);
Joseph A. Salowey, Seattle, WA (US);
William C. Gossman, Seattle, WA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for authenticating an element in a network environment is provided that includes receiving a request for one or more triplets. One or more of the triplets may be associated with an authentication communications protocol that may be executed in order to facilitate a communication session. The method further includes returning one or more of the triplets in response to the request and initiating the communication session in response to the triplets after proper authentication of an entity associated with the request.