METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SAFE NETWORK ACCESS POINT DETECTION

    公开(公告)号:US20170201878A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-13

    申请号:US13996879

    申请日:2012-10-29

    Inventor: Yun Yu Jun Zhang

    Abstract: An approach is provided for determining the authenticity of an available wireless network access point. The approach involves detecting one or more available wireless network access points. The approach also involves communicating one or more authentication requests to each of the available wireless network access points requesting a corresponding access point certificate. The approach further involves processing one or more of one or more received root certificates, one or more received certificate revocation lists, and one or more received access point certificates, the one or more access point certificates being received in response to the one or more authentication requests, to determine an authenticity status of each of the one or more available wireless network access points. The approach additionally involves displaying a list of the one or more available wireless network access points and the authenticity status of each of the one or more available wireless network access points.

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