AUTHENTICATION PROCEDURES BETWEEN NETWORK DEVICES AND CLIENTS

Abstract: in some examples, a network device receives, from an orchestration server, a name for use in obtaining a certificate. the network device sends, to a certificate enrollment server, a certificate request comprising the name, and receives, from the certificate enrollment server, a response to the certificate request, the response including information of the certificate that is based on the name in the certificate request. the network device detects that an authentication server is unavailable for an authentication procedure for a client coupled to the network device. based on detecting that the authentication server is unavailable, the network device uses the certificate based on the name in the certificate request as part of the authentication procedure between the network device and the client.

Inventor(s): Feng Ding, Hao Lu, Youhe Zhang

CPC Classification: H04L63/0823 ({using certificates (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates )})

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