Patent ID: 8195942
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An authentication method for network security, comprising the following steps: configuring a Media Gateway (MG) with an authentication key and setting a security data package, which is a collection of a security authentication signal and an event, on a network protocol, by a Media Gateway Controller (MGC); during a security authentication, sending by the MGC a security authentication request containing a security authentication parameter to the MG using the security data package; performing an encryption calculation and obtaining a calculation result according to the security authentication parameter and the authentication key, by the MG; reporting the calculation result to the MGC, by the MG; and determining by the MGC whether the MG is legal by comparing the calculation result obtained according to the security authentication parameter and the authentication key with a result calculated by the MGC, wherein sending by the MGC a security authentication request comprises: wherein reporting the calculation result to the MGC by the MG comprises: