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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2011
Masaya Yamagata, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Nakae, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Shimonishi, Tokyo, JP;
Kentaro Sonoda, Tokyo, JP;
Masaya Yamagata, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Nakae, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Shimonishi, Tokyo, JP;
Kentaro Sonoda, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention implements detailed access control according to access rights granted to users, by a simple configuration. A communication system includes: a plurality of forwarding nodes that process a received packet in accordance with a processing rule (packet handling operation) associating a matching rule for identifying a flow and processing content to be applied to a packet that conforms with the matching rule; a policy management apparatus provided with an access control policy storage unit that associates roles assigned to users and access rights set for each role, the policy management apparatus providing information related to access rights associated with a role of a user who is successfully authenticated, to a control apparatus; and the control apparatus that creates a path between a terminal of the user who is successfully authenticated and a resource that the user can access, based on information related to access rights received from the policy management apparatus, and sets a processing rule in a forwarding node in the path in question.