Administrator Guide

EAPOL
6
The authentication server responds to the supplicant through the authenticator with an EAP-Request
message indicating that it would like to initiate EAP-PEAP.
7 The authenticator passes the EAP-Request message to the supplicant.
Transport Layer Security (TLS) Tunnel Setup
8
The supplicant sends a Transport Layer Security (TLS) "Client Hello" message within an EAP-response
message through the authenticator to the authentication server.
9
The authenticator passes the EAP-Response message containing the TLS Client Hello message to the
authentication server.
10
The authentication server responds with a TLS Handshake message of types "Server Hello,"
"Certificate," "Server Key Exchange," and "Server Hello Done" to the authenticator.
11
The authenticator forwards the TLS handshake messages between the authentication server and the
supplicant inside of EAP Request (server) and EAP Response (supplicant) messages.
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