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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2004
Applicants:
Amir Naftali, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Eitan Fux, Tel Aviv, IL;
Ilan Bronshtein, Rishon-LeZion, IL;
Susan Thomson, Summit, NJ (US);
Thomas Gary Howard, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Amir Naftali, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Eitan Fux, Tel Aviv, IL;
Ilan Bronshtein, Rishon-LeZion, IL;
Susan Thomson, Summit, NJ (US);
Thomas Gary Howard, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 7/58 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 19/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A protocol, method, apparatus and computer program product for providing and utilizing a host credential authorization protocol (HCAP) is presented. The protocol is utilized by an AAA server and a posture validation server. The AAA server and the posture validation server are utilized to determine whether a host is allowed access to a device.