User-Friendly Access Control for Public Network Ports


Published: Feb 20, 2000 Updated: Feb 20, 2000 Section: Network Security Library :: Auth. & Access Control Author: Printable Version Adjust font size: Rating: 2.5/5 - 4 Votes 1 2 3 4 5

In this paper we study the problem of access control through public network ports. We view this problem as a special case of the more general problem of access control for a service on a network. We present an access control modem on which we base our solution. This model has three components: authentication, authorization and access verification. We describe the design and implementation of a system that allows secure network access through public network ports and wireless LANs.

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