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ENTERPRISE-CLASS SECURITY SOLUTION
Designed with enterprise-class security requirements in mind, the Cisco Aironet 802.11a/b/g Wireless PCI Adapter is a key client-side component
of the award-winning Cisco Wireless Security Suite. Based on the 802.1X standard for port-based network access, the Cisco Wireless Security Suite
takes advantage of the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) framework for user-based authentication (Figure 2). This solution also supports
WPA, the Wi-Fi Alliance certification for interoperable, standards-based wireless LAN security.
The Cisco Aironet 802.11a/b/g Wireless PCI Adapter supports the most common 802.1X authentication types, including Cisco LEAP, Extensible
Authentication Protocol Transport Layer Security (EAP-TLS), Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol-Generic Token Card (PEAP-GTC), and
Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol-Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol Version 2 (PEAP-MSCHAP V2). A wide
selection of RADIUS servers, such as the Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) and Cisco Access Registrar (AR) server, can be used for
enterprise-class centralized security and management that includes:
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Strong, mutual authentication to ensure that only legitimate clients associate with legitimate and authorized network RADIUS servers via
authorized access points
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Dynamic per-user, per-session encryption keys that automatically change on a configurable basis to protect the privacy of transmitted data
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Stronger encryption, such as message integrity check (MIC), per-packet keys via initialization vector hashing, and broadcast key rotation,
provided by Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) enhancements
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RADIUS accounting records for all authentication attempts
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Ready for IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) support
For more information on wireless security, visit:
http://www.cisco.com/go/aironet/security
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Figure 2. The Cisco Wireless Security Suite is an enterprise-class security system based on the 802.1X architecture
