CPC H04L 63/1475 (2013.01) [H04W 12/12 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method, performed by at least one processor, for protecting a front-haul link from a Man-in-the-Middle (MiTM) attack, in a network communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, through a port of an authenticator, an authentication request for port authentication from a supplicant via an Ethernet Frame;
obtaining, by the authenticator from the Ethernet frame, a hop count corresponding to a number of hops in a transmission path of the Ethernet frame between the supplicant and the authenticator;
comparing the hop count to a predetermined threshold to determine whether the port should be disabled; and
disabling the port based on the hop count being greater than the predetermined threshold.
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