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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2004
Ulrich Wiedmann, Redwood City, CA (US);
Terrance L. Lillie, Redwood City, CA (US);
Richard P. Sneiderman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christian Wiedmann, Redwood City, CA (US);
Robert Zeljko, San Jose, CA (US);
Ulrich Wiedmann, Redwood City, CA (US);
Terrance L. Lillie, Redwood City, CA (US);
Richard P. Sneiderman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christian Wiedmann, Redwood City, CA (US);
Robert Zeljko, San Jose, CA (US);
McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
As part of a network node authentication process, a MAC address or other globally unique identifier of an access point through which the network node will access a computer network is transmitted in an EAP or other authentication message to an authentication server to uniquely identify the access point to the authentication server.