Abstract: A proxy server that is inserted between a plurality of network access servers, typically an access points, and an authentication server. When an original authentication request is received by a network access server, the network access server forwards the request to the proxy server which forwards the request to an authentication server. The authentication server then sends the session information to the proxy server which stores the keying material as a dynamic credentials. When the client re-authenticates with one of the plurality of access servers, the re-authentication request is handled by the proxy server using the dynamic credentials. The proxy server may re-authenticate the client using a different method than the method that was originally used. For example, the original authentication may be by Extensible Authentication Protocol—Transport Layer Security (EAP-TLS) and subsequent re-authentications may use Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA).

Abstract: A proxy server that is inserted between a plurality of network access servers, typically an access points, and an authentication server. When an original authentication request is received by a network access server, the network access server forwards the request to the proxy server which forwards the request to an authentication server. The authentication server then sends the session information to the proxy server which stores the keying material as a dynamic credentials. When the client re-authenticates with one of the plurality of access servers, the re-authentication request is handled by the proxy server using the dynamic credentials. The proxy server may re-authenticate the client using a different method than the method that was originally used. For example, the original authentication may be by Extensible Authentication Protocol—Transport Layer Security (EAP-TLS) and subsequent re-authentications may use Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA).

Abstract: A proxy server that is inserted between a plurality of network access servers, typically an access points, and an authentication server. When an original authentication request is received by an network access server, the network access server forwards the request to the proxy server which forwards the request to an authentication server. The authentication server then sends the session information to the proxy server which stores the keying material as a dynamic credentials. When the client re-authenticates with one of the plurality of access servers, the re-authentication request is handled by the proxy server using the dynamic credentials. The proxy server may re-authenticate the client using a different method than the method that was originally used. For example, the original authentication may be by Extensible Authentication Protocol-Transport Layer Security (EAP-TLS) and subsequent reauthentications may use Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA).

Abstract: A wireless authentication protocol. Access to a network is managed by providing a challenge-handshake protocol within the Extensible Authentication Protocol for authentication between a client and the network.

Abstract: A wireless authentication protocol. Access to a network is managed by providing a challenge-handshake protocol within the Extensible Authentication Protocol for authentication between a client and the network.

Abstract: A proxy server that is inserted between a plurality of network access servers, typically an access points, and an authentication server. When an original authentication request is received by an network access server, the network access server forwards the request to the proxy server which forwards the request to an authentication server. The authentication server then sends the session information to the proxy server which stores the keying material as a dynamic credentials. When the client re-authenticates with one of the plurality of access servers, the re-authentication request is handled by the proxy server using the dynamic credentials. The proxy server may re-authenticate the client using a different method than the method that was originally used. For example, the original authentication may be by Extensible Authentication Protocol-Transport Layer Security (EAP-TLS) and subsequent reauthentications may use Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA).

Abstract: A wireless authentication protocol for handling alternative hash functions in a Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol (LEAP) environment. Authentication between a network and a client is managed according to LEAP authentication. With advance knowledge of the alternative encoding scheme in both the client and network, the alternatively encoded data can be synchronized. Implementation is by way of providing an alternative database on the network such that the alternative database can be accessed during the LEAP authentication process.