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Network access using multiple authentication realms

  • US 20050251856A1
  • Filed: 03/11/2005
  • Published: 11/10/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A security gateway for accessing a network comprising:

  • a plurality of realms, each realm being associated with a group of users and having one or more authentication stages for the associated group of users, each authentication stage requiring one or more sets of credentials and/or client integrity validations; and

    a policy module having one or more policy servers collectively coupled to at least one of the realms, the policy module specifying one or more subgroups each having a specific access attribute within at least one of the plurality of realms.

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