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Figure 64: EAP-FAST General Tab
Table 54: EAP_FAST General Tab
Parameter Description
Name/Description Freeform label and description.
Type In this context, always EAP_FAST.
Session
Resumption
Caches EAP-FAST sessions on Policy Manager for reuse if the user/end-host reconnects to
Policy Manager within the session timeout interval.
Session Timeout Caches EAP-FAST sessions on Policy Manager for reuse if the user/end-host reconnects to
Policy Manager within the session timeout interval. If session timeout value is set to 0, the
cached sessions are not purged.
Fast Reconnect Enable to allow fast reconnect. When enabled, the inner method of the server-authenticated
outer tunnel is also bypassed. This makes the process of re-authentication faster. For fast
reconnect to work, session resumption must be enabled.
End-Host
Authentication
Refers to establishing the EAP-Fast Phase 1 Outer tunnel:
l Choose Using PACs to use a strong shared secret.
l Choose Using Client Certificate to use a certificate.
Certificate
Comparison
Type of certificate comparison (identity matching) upon presenting Policy Manager with a
client certificate:
l To skip the certificate comparison, choose Do not compare.