Patent ID: 8254882

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: one or more processors; logic encoded in one or more tangible media for execution and when executed operable to cause one or more processors to: receive, at an intrusion prevention system, security context information relevant to a connection between a wireless network infrastructure component and a wireless client, wherein the security context information comprises at least an identification of the wireless client, and wherein the security context information identifies any security protocols associated with the connection and includes at least one cryptographic session key established and used by the wireless network infrastructure component and the wireless client to protect wireless management frames transmitted between the wireless network infrastructure component and the wireless client; validate, at the intrusion prevention system, the connection based on the security context information; and transmit, if the security context information is validated, the security context information to one or more remote detector wireless access points to allow the one or more detector wireless access points to use the at least one cryptographic session key to validate protected management frames transmitted between the wireless network infrastructure component and the wireless client.