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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2005
Nancy Cam-winget, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark Krischer, Pymble, AU;
Robert B. O'hara, Jr., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Nancy Cam-Winget, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark Krischer, Pymble, AU;
Robert B. O'Hara, Jr., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for use in a wireless client that includes one or more wireless network interfaces for communicating with at least one access point wherein the method enables the wireless client to validate the authenticity and integrity of received management frames. The method includes receiving a protected wireless network management frame from an access point verifying a message integrity check (MIC) appended to the protected wireless network management frame. One or more security policies are then conditionally applied based on a failure to verify the MIC.