| 摘要 |
In general, this disclosure relates to maintaining security between an optical network terminal (ONT) and an optical network aggregation device in an Active Ethernet network. An optical network aggregation device includes one or more optical Ethernet switches that can be adaptively configured to support authentication of one or more ONTs. For example, the optical network aggregation device may include a controller with an authentication unit for managing ONT authentication and an optical Ethernet interface for transmitting and receiving data over the optical network. The authentication unit may exchange authentication request messages via the optical Ethernet interface with an ONT and grant the ONT access to the provider network based on the exchange, thereby preventing rogue devices from gaining access to the provider network.
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