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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2007
Roger A. Chickering, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Paul Funk, Cambridge, MA (US);
Paul J. Kirner, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Roger A. Chickering, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Paul Funk, Cambridge, MA (US);
Paul J. Kirner, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
In general, techniques are described for managing multiple access policies in a network access control system. An endpoint device may send, to a policy decision point ('PDP'), a request to communicate on a network. When the PDP receives such an access request, the PDP typically identifies a set of access policies to be enforced with regard to the endpoint device and causes the identified access policies to be enforced with regard to the endpoint device. These access policies may specify rights to communicate on networks and/or rights to communicate with server resources and/or endpoint configuration requirements. However, because the endpoint device may issue multiple access requests, conflicting sets of access policies may potentially be enforced with regard to the endpoint device. The techniques described herein ensure that only a consistent set of access policies are enforced with regard to the endpoint device when accessing the network.