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EAP
Extensible Authentication Protocol. A general point-to-point protocol
that supports multiple authentication mechanisms. Defined in
RFC 2284, EAP has been adopted by IEEE 802.1X in an encapsulated
form for carrying authentication messages in a standard message
exchange between a user (client) and an authenticator. The
encapsulated EAP, also known as
EAP over LAN (EAPoL)
and
EAP over
Wireless (EAPoW),
enables the authenticator’s server to authenticate the
client with an authentication protocol agreed upon by both parties. See
also
EAP type
.
EAPoL
EAP over LAN. An encapsulated form of the Extensible Authentication
Protocol (EAP), defined in the IEEE 802.1X standard, that allows EAP
messages to be carried directly by a LAN media access control (MAC)
service between a wireless client (or
supplicant
) and an authenticator.
EAPoL is also known as
EAP over Wireless (EAPoW)
. See also
EAP
.
EAP over LAN
See
EAPoL
.
EAP over Wireless
See
EAPoL
.
EAPoW
See
EAPoL
.
EAP-TLS
Extensible Authentication Protocol with Transport Layer Security. An EAP
subprotocol for 802.1X authentication. EAP-TLS supports mutual
authentication and uses digital certificates to fulfill the mutual
challenge. When a user (client) requests access, the authentication
server responds with a server certificate. The client replies with its own
certificate and also validates the server certificate. From the certificate
values, the EAP-TLS algorithm can derive session encryption keys. After
validating the client certification, the authentication server sends the
session encryption keys for a particular session to the client. Compare
PEAP
.
EAP type
A specific Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) authentication
mechanism. Both the wireless client (or
supplicant
) and the
authenticator must support the same EAP type for successful
authentication to occur. EAP types supported in a 3Com Mobility
System wireless LAN (WLAN) include EAP-MD5, EAP-TLS, PEAP-TLS,
PEAP-MS-CHAP, and Tunneled Transport Layer Security (TTLS). See also
MD5
;
MS-CHAP-V2
;
PEAP
;
TLS
;
TTLS
.
EAP with Transport
Layer Security
See
EAP-TLS
.
Summary of Contents for 3CRWX120695A
Page 138: ...138 CHAPTER 6 CONFIGURING AND MANAGING IP INTERFACES AND SERVICES ...
Page 272: ...272 CHAPTER 11 CONFIGURING RF LOAD BALANCING FOR MAPS ...
Page 310: ...310 CHAPTER 13 CONFIGURING USER ENCRYPTION ...
Page 322: ...322 CHAPTER 14 CONFIGURING RF AUTO TUNING ...
Page 350: ...350 CHAPTER 16 CONFIGURING QUALITY OF SERVICE ...
Page 368: ...368 CHAPTER 17 CONFIGURING AND MANAGING SPANNING TREE PROTOCOL ...
Page 412: ...412 CHAPTER 19 CONFIGURING AND MANAGING SECURITY ACLS ...
Page 518: ...518 CHAPTER 21 CONFIGURING AAA FOR NETWORK USERS ...
Page 530: ...530 CHAPTER 22 CONFIGURING COMMUNICATION WITH RADIUS ...
Page 542: ...542 CHAPTER 23 MANAGING 802 1X ON THE WX SWITCH ...
Page 598: ...598 CHAPTER 26 ROGUE DETECTION AND COUNTERMEASURES ...
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