FLEXIBLE AUTHENTICATION USING MULTIPLE RADIUS AVPS

摘要

An apparatus, method and machine readable storage medium, for an authentication server such as a RADIUS server, for authenticating a subscriber are disclosed. The method comprises: receiving a request message including a plurality of attributes such as attribute value pairs (AVPs) having respective attribute names and respective attribute values; retrieving an authentication profile object; identifying a plurality of authentication attributes to use for authentication from the authentication profile object; extracting the plurality of authentication attribute values from the message; pre-processing one or more of the extracted attribute values; and authenticating the request message based on the pre-processed extracted attribute values.

主权项

1. A method performed by an authentication server for authenticating a subscriber, the method comprising:
receiving a request message including a plurality of attributes having respective attribute names and respective attribute values; retrieving an authentication profile object; identifying a plurality of authentication attributes to use for authentication from said authentication profile object; extracting said plurality of authentication attribute values from said message; pre-processing one or more of said extracted attribute values; and authenticating said request message based on said pre-processed extracted attribute values.