Patent ID: 8661505

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, by a first device and from a second device, first information relating to whether the second device complies with one or more policies, the first device being different than the second device, and the one or more policies relating to accessing a network; identifying, by the first device and based on the first information, second information that identifies the one or more policies; causing, by the first device, a determination, using the first information and the second information, to be made as to whether the second device complies with the one or more policies; determining, by the first device, whether a result of the determination corresponds to an authorized operation relating to the first device; sending, by the first device and to the second device, a message indicating that the second device is denied access to the network when the result does not correspond to the authorized operation; and sending, by the first device and to a third device, instructions relating to the second device accessing the network when the result corresponds to the authorized operation, the third device to determine whether to grant access to the network, to the second device, based on the instructions.