Patent ID: 7665129

Claim:
A method for managing the authorization of access of a user terminal connected to an access network to an IP transport network, wherein a proxy server connected to the IP transport network implements the steps of: transmitting a RADIUS access request in accordance with the RADIUS protocol, to a remote authentication server of an IP service or access provider indicated in the access request, said access request having been transmitted, upon the request of said terminal, by an access server of the access network; transmission to the access server of the user's authentication response provided by the remote authentication server, said proxy server also implementing steps for: determining, for said RADIUS access request received from an access server upon the request of said terminal, whether local authentication of said user must be performed at the level of the access network before said step of transmitting said RADIUS access request to said remote authentication server, if a local authentication of said user must be performed, transmitting, by means of said access server, to said terminal, a message requesting authentication data, upon receipt of a response message from said terminal containing the authentication data requested, executing a local user authentication procedure, on the basis of said authentication data received.