摘要 |
A level-specific authentication method in a home network includes: endowing any one of a plurality of authentication levels to each of a plurality of user stations obtaining access to an access point, and to each of a plurality of services provided by a plurality of service servers, the authentication levels being divided into a plurality of steps; and, when a given user station obtains access to the access point to make a request for the specified service, comparing the authentication level endowed to the given user station with the authentication level of the service requested by the given user station, and allowing the given user station the requested service according to a result of the comparison.
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