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EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol (RFC 3748). An authentication framework that supports multiple
authentication methods.
EAP-PEAP Protected EAP. A widely-used protocol for securely transporting authentication data across a network.
EAP-TLS Extensible Authentication Protocol – Transport LayerSecurity (RFC 5216). A certificate-based
authentication method supporting mutual authentication, integrity-protected ciphersuite negotiation and key exchange
between two endpoints.
form Screen that collects data using fields.
field Single item of information about a visitor account.
guest See Visitor.
intermediate CA Certificate authority with a certificate that was issued by another certificate authority. See trust
chain.
iOS Operating system from Apple, Inc. for mobile devices, including the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
landing page See Web login.
LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol; communications protocol used to store and retrieve information about
users and other objects in a directory.
Network Access Server (NAS) Device that provides network access to users, such as a wireless access point, network
switch, or dial-in terminal server. When a user connects to the NAS device, a RADIUS user authentication request
(Access-Request) is generated by the NAS.
OCSP Online certificate status protocol (RFC 2560). Protocol used to determine the current status of a digital
certificate without requiring CRLs.
onboarding See device provisioning.
onboard-capable device Device supported by the QuickConnect application.
onboard provisioning Process used to securely provision a device and configure it with network settings.
operator profile Characteristics assigned to a class of operators, such as the permissions granted to those operators.
operator/operator login Person who uses Dell Networking W-ClearPass Guest to create guest accounts or perform
system administration.
OS X Operating system from Apple, Inc. for desktop and laptop computers.
over-the-air provisioning Process used to securely provision a device and configure it with network settings; applies
to iOS and OS X 10.7+ only.
PEAP Protected EAP. See EAP-PEAP.
ping Test network connectivity using an ICMP echo request (“ping”).
PKCS#n Public-key cryptography standard N. Refers to a numbered standard related to topics in cryptography,
including private keys (PKCS#1), digital certificates (PKCS#7), certificate signing requests (PKCS#10), and secure
storage of keys and certificates (PKCS#12).
PKI Public-key infrastructure. Security technology based on digital certificates and the assurances provided by strong
cryptography. See also certificate authority, digital certificate, public key, private key.
print template Formatted template used to generate guest account receipts.
private key The part of a public/private key pair that is always kept private. The private key is used to encrypt a
message’s signature to authenticate the sender (only the sender knows the private key). The private key is also used to
decrypt a message that was encrypted with the sender’s public key (only the sender can decrypt it).