Patent ID: 7890992
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A machine-readable volatile or non-volatile storage medium storing one or more instructions for processing a supplicant's attempt to access a network resource which, when executed by one or more processors, causes: detecting the supplicant's attempt to access a network resource; an authentication, authorization or accounting (AAA) client identifying, based upon the supplicant's attempt, an authentication type for facilitating AAA services with respect to the supplicant, wherein the authentication type identifies one of multiple authentication methods under an authentication protocol; and the AAA client determining, based on the identified authentication type and an AAA model, whether a plurality of dedicated server groups includes a particular dedicated server group that is associated with the identified authentication type, wherein the AAA client comprises the AAA model, that associates one or more authentication types with each of the plurality of dedicated server groups; the AAA client issuing the access request to the particular dedicated server group when the client determines that the plurality of dedicated server groups includes the particular dedicated server group that is associated with the identified authentication type; the AAA client issuing the access request to a full scale AAA server when the client determines that the plurality of dedicated server groups does not include a particular dedicated server group associated with the identified authentication type; wherein the AAA client and the plurality of dedicated server groups are located in a first network and the full scale AAA server is located in a second network.