Abocom WU5208, User Manual

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MD5-Challenge).
802.1x tab:
EAP Method :
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PEAP : Protect Extensible Authentication Protocol. PEAP transport securely
authentication data by using tunnelling between PEAP clients and an
authentication server. PEAP can authenticate wireless LAN clients using
only server-side certificates, thus simplifying the implementation and
administration of a secure wireless LAN.
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TLS / Smart Card : Transport Layer Security. Provides for certificate-based
and mutual authentication of the client and the network. It relies on
client-side and server-side certificates to perform authentication and can be
used to dynamically generate user-based and session-based WEP keys to
secure subsequent communications between the WLAN client and the
access point.
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TTLS : Tunnelled Transport Layer Security. This security method provides
for certificate-based, mutual authentication of the client and network
through an encrypted channel. Unlike EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS requires only
server-side certificates.
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EAP-FAST : Flexible Authentication via Secure Tunnelling. It was
developed by Cisco. Instead of using a certificate, mutual authentication is
achieved by means of a PAC (Protected Access Credential) which can be
managed dynamically by the authentication server. The PAC can be
provisioned (distributed one time) to the client either manually or
automatically. Manual provisioning is delivery to the client via disk or a
secured network distribution method. Automatic provisioning is an in-band,
over the air, distribution. For tunnel authentication, only support "Generic
Token Card" authentication now.
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MD5-Challenge : Message Digest Challenge. Challenge is an EAP
authentication type that provides base-level EAP support. It provides for
only one-way authentication - there is no mutual authentication of wireless
client and the network. (Only Open and Shared authentication mode can use
this function.)
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