APPARATUS AND SYSTEM EFFECTIVELY USING A PLURALITY OF AUTHENTICATION SERVERS
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Nov 10, 2010
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Nov 13, 2009
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An authentication system and apparatus having an authentication process distributing function for individually setting an authenticating method and an authentication server on a port unit basis of a network apparatus and selecting an authentication processing unit which authenticates every port are provided. More specifically speaking, there is provided a packet transfer apparatus or system having: a plurality of connecting ports; a plurality of authentication processing units for authenticating apparatuses connected through the connecting ports; and an authentication process distributing unit for selecting the authentication processing unit to be authenticated every connecting port, wherein any one of the plurality of authentication processing units is made to correspond to each of the plurality of connecting ports, and when a packet is received from the apparatus connected to one of the connecting ports, the authentication process distributing unit selects the authentication processing unit which was made to correspond to the connecting port to which the apparatus to which the packet was transmitted has been connected and allows an authenticating process of the packet-transmitted apparatus to be executed.
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