Method, system and apparatus for authentication
OwnerHongguang Guaninventor
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Abstract
An authentication method disclosed herein includes a requester sending an authentication request to an authenticator, the authenticator returning a response message which carries a source MAC address and a destination MAC address, the requester comparing the source MAC address between at least two authenticators and selecting an authenticator as a specified authenticator according to the set address selection rule to perform authentication with the requester. Further, the present disclosure discloses an authentication system. The present disclosure supports 802.1x authentication in a scenario with one requester and multiple authenticators. The disclosure also discloses a requester and an authenticator.
Claims11
An authentication method, comprising:
- sending, by a requester, an authentication request;
- receiving the authentication request by at least two authenticators;
- returning, from the at least two authenticators that receive the authentication request, a respective response message each carrying a source Media Access Control (MAC) address and a destination MAC address;
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- comparing the source MAC address of the at least two authenticators, selecting a specified authenticator among the at least two authenticators according to a set address selection rule, and performing authentication with the requester.
A requester, comprising:
- an authentication interaction unit adapted to send an authentication request, receive a response message carrying a source Media Access Control (MAC) address and a destination MAC address from each authenticator that receives the authentication request, and perform authentication with a specified authenticator;
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- an authenticator selecting unit adapted to compare the respective source MAC address of the authenticators, wherein each destination MAC address is a requester address and select one of the authenticators as a specified authenticator according to a set address selection rule.
An authenticator, comprising:
- an authentication interaction unit adapted to return a response message carrying a source Media Access Control (MAC) address and a destination MAC address to a requester after receiving an authentication request, where the destination MAC address is a multicast address and the authentication interaction unit performs authentication interaction with the requester when the authenticator is a specified authenticator;
- an authenticator selecting unit adapted to compare the source MAC address of authenticators and select a specified authenticator among the authenticators according to a set address selection rule;
- a monitoring unit adapted to monitor authentication between one of the authenticators and the requester when the one of the authenticators is a non-specified authenticator;
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- an authorizing unit adapted to receive an authentication success message carrying requester information from the specified authenticator and assign rights to the requester.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.