Patent ID: 7627123
Filing Date: 2009-12-01
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, performed by one or more devices of a network device, the method comprising: mapping, by the one or more devices, wireless network identifiers to security zones; receiving, by the one or more devices, a request from a client device to access a wireless network using a particular one of the wireless network identifiers; authenticating, by the one or more devices, the client device; establishing, by the one or more devices and upon successful authentication of the client device, a wireless network session with the client device; receiving, by the one or more devices and during the established network session, network traffic from the client device, the network traffic including a destination address; identifying, by the one or more devices, a destination zone using the destination address; identifying, by the one or more devices, a particular one of the security zones associated with the client device based on the particular wireless network identifier; performing, by the one or more devices, security processing on the network traffic based on the identified destination zone and the particular security zone; and selectively forwarding, based on a result of the security processing, the network traffic to the identified destination zone.