# Authentication Gateway HOWTO

### Nathan Zorn

`<zornnh@musc.edu>`

Revision History
Revision 0.05 | 2002-11-05 |
Revision 0.05 | 2002-05-10 | Revised by: nhz
Revision 0.04 | 2002-02-28 | Revised by: nhz
Revision 0.03 | 2001-09-28 | Revised by: nhz
Revision 0.02 | 2001-09-28 | Revised by: KET
Revision 0.01 | 2001-09-06 | Revised by: nhz

There are many concerns with the security of wireless networks and public access areas such as libraries or dormitories. These concerns are not met with current security implementations. A work around has been proposed by using an authentication gateway. This gateway addresses the security concerns by forcing the user to authenticate in order to use the network.

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