Patent ID: 7325058

Claim:
An access server capable of allowing subscribers of a communications system to gain exclusive access to a domain site associated with a virtual circuit, said access server comprising: a memory device capable of storing a domain list table and a tunnel ID table, said domain list table including a plurality of virtual circuit identifiers and associated domain site identifiers, said tunnel ID table including a plurality of domain names and associated tunnel IDs; an authorized domain list determiner capable of determining an authorized domain list based upon said domain list table and a domain site identifier with a Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) authentication request, said PPP authentication request received on a virtual circuit having a virtual circuit identifier; an assessor capable of determining whether said domain site identifier within said PPP authentication request is in said authorized domain list; a tunnel ID determiner capable of determining a tunnel ID based upon said tunnel ID table and said domain site identifier; and an authorizer capable of granting subscribers domain site access based upon said authorized domain list.