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H04L 29/06 (2006.01)

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CA 2546553

System architecture and corresponding method for securing communication via a network (e.g. IEEE 802.11) is provided. In accordance with one embodiment, the present system and method protocol, may be suitably configured to achieve mutual authentication by using a shared secret to establish a tunnel used to protect weaker authentication methods (e.g. user names and passwords). The shared secret, referred to in this embodiment as the protected access credential may be advantageously used to mutually authenticate a server and a peer upon securing a tunnel for communication via a network. The present system and method disclosed and claimed herein, in one aspect thereof, comprises the steps of 1) providing a communication implementation between a first and a second party; 2) provisioning a secure credential between the first and the second party; and 3) establishing a secure tunnel between the first and the second party using the secure credential.

L'invention concerne une architecture de système et un procédé correspondant pour la sécurisation de communication via un réseau (par exemple, IEEE 802.11). Selon une variante, le système et le protocole de procédé décrits peuvent recevoir une configuration appropriée pour l'authentification mutuelle par secret partagé visant à établir un tunnel en vue de protéger des techniques d'authentification plus faibles (par exemple, noms d'utilisateur et mots de code). Le secret partagé, appelé dans cette variante légitimation d'accès, peut être avantageusement utilisé pour l'authentification mutuelle d'un serveur et d'un homologue au moment de la sécurisation d'un tunnel aux fins de communication via un réseau. Le système et le procédé décrits, selon un aspect, reposent sur les étapes suivantes : 1) mise en oeuvre d'une communication entre des première et seconde parties; 2) établissement d'une légitimation sécurisée entre les première et seconde parties; et 3) établissement d'un tunnel sécurisé entre les première et seconde parties, sur la base de la légitimation sécurisée.

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