Patent ID: 7411981

Claim:
A method for matching a RADIUS response packet with a corresponding RADIUS request packet from one or more RADIUS request packets, the packets all having identifier fields and authenticator fields, including: comparing the identifier field of the RADIUS response packet to the identifier field of one of the RADIUS request packets; comparing the authenticator field of the RADIUS response packet to the authenticator field of said one of the RADIUS request packets, if the identifier field of the RADIUS response packet and the identifier field of said one of the RADIUS request packets match; and repeating said comparing the identifier field and said comparing the authenticator field with an uncompared RADIUS request packet, if either the identifier field of the RADIUS response packet and the identifier field of said one of the RADIUS request packets don't match, or the authenticator field of the RADIUS response packet and the authenticator field of said one of the RADIUS request packets don't match.