发明名称 Wireless Connections to a Wireless Access Point
摘要 A method and apparatus for establishing a wireless connection. A digital certificate having a second name is obtained by a processor unit in response to receiving a selection of a network using a first name broadcast by a wireless access point. A determination is made by the processor unit as to whether the digital certificate is valid. A determination is made by the processor unit as to whether the second name in the digital certificate matches the first name broadcast by the wireless access point. The processor unit establishes the wireless connection to the wireless access point in response to the digital certificate being valid and the second name in the digital certificate matching the first name broadcast by the wireless access point.
申请公布号 US2016043871(A1) 申请公布日期 2016.02.11
申请号 US201514921204 申请日期 2015.10.23
申请人 International Business Machines Corporation 发明人 Cross Thomas J.;Dewey David B.;Takahashi Takehiro
分类号 H04L9/32;H04W12/06;H04W12/04;H04L29/06 主分类号 H04L9/32
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主权项 1. A method for establishing a wireless connection, the method comprising: receiving a selection of a network using a first name broadcast by a wireless access point; obtaining, by a processor unit, a digital certificate having a second name from the wireless access point; determining, by the processor unit, whether the digital certificate is valid; determining, by the processor unit, whether the second name in the digital certificate matches the first name broadcast by the wireless access point; and responsive to the digital certificate being valid and the second name in the digital certificate matching the first name broadcast by the wireless access point, establishing, by the processor unit, the wireless connection to the wireless access point, wherein the step of establishing, by the processor unit, the wireless connection to the wireless access point comprises: generating, by the processor unit, a session key for the wireless connection using the digital certificate responsive to the digital certificate being valid and the second name in the digital certificate matching the first name broadcast by the wireless access point; and exchanging, by the processor unit, information with a server using the session key to encrypt and decrypt the information.
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