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Wireless network having multiple security interfaces

  • US 7,627,123 B2
  • Filed: 02/07/2005
  • Issued: 12/01/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, performed by one or more devices of a network device, the method comprising:

  • mapping, by the one or more devices, wireless network identifiers to security zones;

    receiving, by the one or more devices, a request from a client device to access a wireless network using a particular one of the wireless network identifiers;

    authenticating, by the one or more devices, the client device;

    establishing, by the one or more devices and upon successful authentication of the client device, a wireless network session with the client device;

    receiving, by the one or more devices and during the established network session, network traffic from the client device, the network traffic including a destination address;

    identifying, by the one or more devices, a destination zone using the destination address;

    identifying, by the one or more devices, a particular one of the security zones associated with the client device based on the particular wireless network identifier;

    performing, by the one or more devices, security processing on the network traffic based on the identified destination zone and the particular security zone; and

    selectively forwarding, based on a result of the security processing, the network traffic to the identified destination zone.

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