ZyXEL Communications ZyWALL 5 User Manual page 490

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deployment, a simple user name and password pair is more practical. The following table is a
comparison of the features of five authentication types.
Mutual
Authentication
Certificate – Client
Certificate – Server
Dynamic Key
Exchange
Credential Security
Deployment
Difficulty
Wireless Security
Client Identity
Protection
G-2
Comparison of EAP Authentication Types
EAP-MD5 EAP-TLS
No Yes
No Yes
No Yes
No Yes
None Strong
Easy Hard
Poor Best
No No
EAP-TTLS PEAP
Yes Yes
Optional Optional
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Strong Strong
Moderate Moderate
Good Good
Yes Yes
Types of EAP Authentication
LEAP
Yes
No
No
Yes
Moderate
Moderate
Good
No