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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Aruba Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Randy Chou, San Jose, CA (US);
Brijesh Nambiar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Aruba Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 52/28 (2009.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/281 (2013.01); H04L 9/3271 (2013.01); H04L 9/0844 (2013.01); H04L 2209/122 (2013.01); H04L 63/04 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/061 (2013.01); H04L 2209/80 (2013.01); H04L 63/166 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment of the invention, a method comprises an operation of commencing a first phrase and passing control of an authentication handshaking protocol. The first phase is commenced for establishing a secure communication path by a data path processor within a first network device. The first phrase comprises an exchange of data during an authentication handshaking protocol. The passing of control for authentication handshaking protocol by the data path processor to a control path processor is conducted to complete the authentication handshaking protocol.