Using encoded identifiers to provide rapid configuration for network access

摘要

A user device receives a captured image of an encoded identifier, analyzes the encoded identifier via the captured image, and extracts, based on the analysis, network access configuration data from the encoded identifier. The user device provides the network access configuration data to a network access control (NAC) device, and receives, based on the network access configuration data, access to the NAC device. The user device permits the NAC device to inspect the user device via the access to the NAC device, and receives, based on the inspection of the user device, access to a network.

主权项

1. A method comprising: receiving, by a user device, a captured image of an encoded identifier; analyzing, by the user device and via the captured image, the encoded identifier; extracting, by the user device and based on analyzing the encoded identifier, network access configuration data from the encoded identifier, the network access configuration data including one or more of location information of a network access control (NAC) device, an encryption key, a password, a certificate, or an expiration time; providing, by the user device, the network access configuration data to the NAC device; receiving, by the user device and based on the network access configuration data, access to the NAC device; permitting the NAC device to inspect the user device via the access to the NAC device; and receiving, by the user device and after the NAC device inspects the user device, access to a network.