Patent ID: 8572366
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of client authentication, the method comprising: receiving, at a computing device, an Internet protocol source address of a client; extracting, at the computing device, a media access control address from the Internet protocol source address; comparing, at the computing device, the extracted media access control address with at least one client media access control address associated with the client; signaling execution, at the computing device, of one or more client authentication challenges when the extracted media access control address fails to match the at least one client media access control address associated with the client; associating, at the computing device, the extracted media access control address with the client after successful execution of the one or more client authentication challenges; attributing, at the computing device, an age to the extracted media access control address; and disassociating, at the computing device, the extracted media access control address from the client after a threshold period of time.