The invention proposes a method for handling authentication requests in a network, wherein the authentication requests may have different types, the method comprising the steps of determining (S1, S3, S4) types of the authentication requests, and applying (S5-S7) a policy for handling the received authentication...http://www.google.ca/patents/US20060282880?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20060282880 - Protection against denial-of-service attacks
