SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC NETWORK AUTHORIZATION, AUTHENTICATION AND ACCOUNTING

摘要

Systems and methods for selectably controlling and customizing source access to a network, where the source is associated with a source computer, and wherein the source computer has transparent access to the network via a gateway device and no configuration software need be installed on the source computer to access the network. A user may be prevented access from a particular destination or site based upon the user's authorization while being permitted to access to other sites. The method and system can identify a source without that source's knowledge, and can access customizable access rights corresponding to that source in a source profile database which can be a remote authentication dial-in user service (RADIUS) or a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) database. Source profiles are used within the source profile database to dynamically authorize source access to networks and destination via networks. The gateway device includes the ability to recognize computer attempting to access a network, their location, the identity of users, etc.