Abstract: A router on a home link for a node that couples to the Internet is to authenticate the node. Authentication is to include receiving a connection message from the node. The connection message is to include an identifier for a secure connection between the node and another node, at least a portion of the secure connection routed over the Internet. The router stores the identifier for the secure connection at the router. The router receives another connection message from the node based on the node changing its point of attachment to the Internet. The node's point of attachment is changed from a link that couples the node to the Internet to another link that couples the node to the Internet. The router authenticates the node at the other link based on the other connection message including an identifier that matches the stored identifier for the secure connection between the node and the other node.