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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2012
Thomas F. Guevin, Nashua, NH (US);
Sohil Babubhai Thakkar, North Andover, MA (US);
Duane Charles Compton, Cambridge, MA (US);
Patrick Joseph Foy, Reading, MA (US);
Thomas F. Guevin, Nashua, NH (US);
Sohil Babubhai Thakkar, North Andover, MA (US);
Duane Charles Compton, Cambridge, MA (US);
Patrick Joseph Foy, Reading, MA (US);
Adtran, Inc., Huntsville, AL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for network access control includes an apparatus for granting a computing device access to a network, the apparatus having a plurality of substantially similar access devices, wherein each access device comprises a status-determination module to determine an access status based at least in part on whether the computing device is compliant with an access policy, an access-grant module configured for receiving an access status corresponding to the computing device from one or more of the access devices, and granting the computing device access to the network according to at least one of the access status determined by the status-determination module or the received access status.