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Chapter 3 — Configuring the Computer
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Authentication Terminology
Acronym Description
EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol.
this protocol to perform authentication. This is not
necessarily an authentication mechanism, but is a
common framework for transporting actual
authentication protocols. Intermec provides a
number of EAP protocols for you to choose the best
for your network.
EAP-FAST Flexible Authentication via Secure Tunneling.
publicly accessible IEEE 802.1X EAP type
developed by Cisco Systems. It is available as an
IETF informational draft. An 802.1X EAP type
that does not require digital certificates, supports a
variety of user and password database types,
supports password expiration and change, and is
flexible, easy to deploy, and easy to manage.
Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol.
EAP-PEAP
Performs secure authentication against Windows
domains and directory services. It is comparable to
EAP-TTLS both in its method of operation and its
security, though not as flexible. This does not
support the range of inside-the-tunnel
authentication methods supported by EAP-TTLS.
Microsoft and Cisco both support this protocol.
Transport Layer Security. Based on the TLS
EAP-TLS
(Transport Layer Security) protocol widely used to
secure web sites. This requires both the user and
authentication server have certificates for mutual
authentication. While cryptically strong, this
requires corporations that deploy this to maintain a
certificate infrastructure for all users.
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