Patent ID: 8276194
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for user authentication, comprising: sending, by a management station, an authentication request message of an authentication protocol to a managed device via a management protocol, and sending user authentication information to the managed device; and authenticating, by the managed device, the user via the authentication protocol or an authentication server according to the received user authentication information, and returning an authentication acknowledgement message of the authentication protocol carrying an authentication result to the management station via the management protocol; wherein the management protocol comprises an extensible markup language (XML)-based network configuration protocol (Netconf) and the authentication protocol comprises an extensible authentication protocol (EAP); and wherein the sending of the authentication request message or authentication acknowledgement message of the authentication protocol via the management protocol comprises: adding, in the Netconf, an operation type for a user identity authentication and an XML tag for an EAP authentication message encapsulation; encapsulating the authentication request message or authentication acknowledgement message of the EAP into the XML tag; and setting the XML tag in an operation associated with the operation type for the user identity authentication.