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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2002
Applicants:
Wei Luo, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric Rosen, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Inventors:
Wei Luo, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric Rosen, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04J 3/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04M 1/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for providing authentication in a virtual private network having a private AAA server is disclosed. The method generally includes receiving a request from a remote user for connection with a virtual private network at a virtual home gateway and associating the remote user with the virtual private network The virtual home gateway sends a request to authenticate the remote user to the AAA server. The remote user is then connected to the virtual private network if the AAA server authenticates the user.