Federating trust in a heterogeneous network
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1. A method comprising:
- requesting, by a client device, access to a network;
receiving, by the client device, an indication from a service provider that a security check is to be performed on the client device;
executing, by the client device, the security check to obtain a result;
providing, by the client device, the result to the service provider; and
receiving, from the service provider, either a level of access to the network or a redirection to a predefined network location based on the result of the security check.
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Abstract
A check of a processing device is performed. A device may receive a network access request to access a network from a first processing device. A security check may be caused to be performed on the first processing device. Whether to grant the network access request to the first processing device is based on a result of the security check.
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19 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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requesting, by a client device, access to a network; receiving, by the client device, an indication from a service provider that a security check is to be performed on the client device; executing, by the client device, the security check to obtain a result; providing, by the client device, the result to the service provider; and receiving, from the service provider, either a level of access to the network or a redirection to a predefined network location based on the result of the security check. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-readable medium having instructions recorded thereon, the instructions comprising:
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one or more instructions to cause a processor of a client device to request access to a network; one or more instructions to cause the processor to receive an indication from a service provider that a security check is to be performed on the client device; one or more instructions to cause the processor to execute the security check to obtain a result; one or more instructions to cause the processor to provide the result to the service provider; and one or more instructions to cause the processor to receive, from the service provider, either a level of access to the network or a redirection to a predefined network location based on the result of the security check. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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