TLS tunneling

A method of authenticating a client computing device comprising:

• transmitting authentication information to the client computing device;
• establishing a secure connection tunnel with the client computing device;
• receiving an identity information from the client computing device through the secure communication tunnel;
• and
• receiving an authentication information, according to an extensible authentication protocol, from the client computing device through the secure communication tunnel.

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for authenticating a client computing device, the computer-executable instructions performing steps comprising:

• authenticating a server computing device;
• establishing a secure communication tunnel with the server computing device;
• transmitting an identity information to the server computing device through the secure communication tunnel;
• and
• transmitting an authentication information, according to an extensible authentication protocol, to the server computing device through the secure communication tunnel.

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for authenticating a client computing device, the computer-executable instructions performing steps comprising:

• transmitting authentication information to the client computing device;
• establishing a secure connection tunnel with the client computing device;
• receiving an identity information from the client computing device through the secure communication tunnel;
• and
• receiving an authentication information, according to an extensible authentication protocol, from the client computing device through the secure communication tunnel.

A client computing device comprising:

• a processing unit performing steps comprising:
• authenticating a server computing device;
• and
• establishing a secure communication tunnel with the server computing device;
• and
• a network interface performing steps comprising:
• transmitting an identity information to the server computing device through the secure communication tunnel;
• and
• transmitting an authentication information, according to an extensible authentication protocol, to the server computing device through the secure communication tunnel.

A server computing device comprising:

• a processing unit performing steps comprising:
• establishing a secure connection tunnel with a client computing device;
• and
• a network interface performing steps comprising:
• transmitting authentication information to the client computing device;
• receiving an identity information from the client computing device through the secure communication tunnel;
• and
• receiving an authentication information, according to an extensible authentication protocol, from the client computing device through the secure communication tunnel.

An access point comprising a network interface, the network interface performing steps comprising:

• receiving authentication information from a server computing device;
• transmitting the authentication information to a client computing device;
• transmitting encrypted packets, representing a secure connection tunnel, to and from the client computing device and the server computing device;
• receiving an identity information encrypted packet from the client computing device;
• transmitting the identity information encrypted packet to the server computing device;
• receiving an authentication information encrypted packet from the client computing device;
• and
• transmitting the authentication information encrypted packet to the server computing device.

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for providing access to a secure network, the computer-executable instructions performing steps comprising:

• establishing a secure communication tunnel;
• selecting an authentication mechanism using an extensible authentication protocol through the secure communication tunnel;
• transmitting authentication information according to the selected authentication mechanism through the secure communication tunnel;
• and
• providing access to an appropriate amount of the secure network based on the authentication information.

A packet of computer-readable information comprising:

• a mandatory field comprising data indicating whether the packet contains mandatory information;
• a reserved field comprising data indicating whether the packet is reserved;
• a type field comprising data indicating a type of an attribute contained in a value field;
• a length field comprising data indicating a length of the packet;
• and
• the value field comprising the attribute, wherein the attribute is used with a protected extensible authentication protocol.