CLIENT DEVICE RE-AUTHENTICATION
First Claim
1. A method, comprisingperforming authentication of a client device requesting to access a network;
- downloading credentials of the authenticated client device from an authentication server to an authenticator;
determining, during a re-authentication period, whether the authentication server is available; and
performing re-authentication during the re-authentication period using the downloaded credentials in response to the authentication server being unavailable.
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Abstract
A system and method authenticating a client device transmitting a request to access a network that includes an authentication server to implement an authentication protocol for access to the network, and an authenticator to transmit identity credentials of the client device using the authentication protocol to the authentication server to perform authentication of the client device at the authentication server. The authenticator downloads credentials of the authenticated client device from the authentication server, determines, during a re-authentication period, whether the authentication server is available, and performs re-authentication of the client device using the downloaded credentials when the authentication server is determined not to be available.
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1. A method, comprising
performing authentication of a client device requesting to access a network; -
downloading credentials of the authenticated client device from an authentication server to an authenticator; determining, during a re-authentication period, whether the authentication server is available; and performing re-authentication during the re-authentication period using the downloaded credentials in response to the authentication server being unavailable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15)
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10. A system for authenticating a client device transmitting a request to access a network, comprising:
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an authentication server to implement an authentication protocol for access to the network; and an authenticator to transmit identity credentials of the client device to the authentication server to perform authentication of the client device at the authentication server using the authentication protocol, wherein the authenticator is to; download credentials of the authenticated client device from the authentication server; determine, during a re-authentication period, whether the authentication server is available; and perform re-authentication of the client device using the downloaded credentials in response to the authentication server being determined to not be available. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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16. A device, comprising:
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an authenticator to transmit identity credentials of a client device requesting to access a network to perform authentication of the client device; and a memory positioned within the authenticator; wherein the authenticator is to; download credentials associated with the client device within the memory; transmit a re-authentication request for re-authenticating the client device; determine whether a reply is received in response to the re-authentication request; and perform the re-authentication using the downloaded credentials - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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