Patent ID: 8700907
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a network access device, a message from a mobile node for access to a network, the message including posture data encrypted by the mobile node using one or more credentials stored in the mobile node, the credentials comprising data for authenticating the mobile node to access the network; retrieving decryption information for the mobile node from a storage device accessible by the network access device, wherein the decryption information comprises a copy of the one or more credentials stored in the storage device; decrypting the posture data using the decryption information to determine the posture data, wherein the decrypting comprises: performing a network admission control procedure in connection with the mobile node using the posture data, wherein the posture data is used during the network admission control procedure to identify software operating on the mobile node and antivirus information associated with the mobile node, and wherein a policy for access to the network is installed for the mobile node based on the posture data; and processing the posture data to install a policy to restrict access to the network based on the posture data.