Mobile authentication for network access

A mobile telecommunication device for authenticating a user to a network by means of a temporary password, the mobile telecommunication device comprising:

• means for transmitting an access request to a service provider,
• means for receiving the temporary password from the service provider, the temporary password being generated by the service provider in response to an assertion of the access request,
• means for establishing an IP-based connection between at least one computing device and the network, said means being adapted to establish the IP-based connection in response to receive the temporary password from the service provider.

An authentication server for generating a temporary password required by at least one user in order to authenticate to at least one network, the authentication server comprising:

• means for processing an access request from the at least one user, the access request being transmitted to the authentication server by the at least one user making use of a mobile telecommunication device,
• means for checking the access request on the basis of a user authentication database, the means for checking being further adapted to assert the access request if the at least one user is authorized to access the at least one network,
• means for generating the temporary password, said means being further adapted to generate the temporary password only in response to an assertion of the access request.

A computer program product for an authentication server for generating a temporary password required by a user in order to authenticate to a network, the computer program product comprising program means being adapted to:

• processing an access request from the user, the access-request being transmitted to the authentication server by the user making use of a mobile telecommunication device,
• checking the access request on the basis of a user authentication database, and checking the access request comprising asserting the access request if the user is authorized to access the network,
• generating and transmitting the temporary password only in response to the assertion of the access request.