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Profile configuration – 802.1x Tab

Settings on this Tab allow IEEE 802.1x protocol. All information can be obtained

from wireless network administrator. Appearance of this Tab depends on options

selected from EAP method and Tunnel Authentication lists.

z PEAP–Protect Extensible Authentication Protocol. PEAP transports secured

authentication data by using tunneling between PEAP clients and an

authentication server. PEAP can authenticate wireless LAN clients using only

server-side certificates, thus simplifying the implementation and

administration of secure wireless network.

z TLS/Smart Card –Transport Layer Security. Provides for certificate-based

and mutual authentication of the client and the network. It relies on client-side

and server-side certificates to perform authentication and can be used to

dynamically generate user-based and session-based WEP keys to secure

subsequent communications between the WLAN client and the AP.

z TTLS–Tunnel Transport Layer Security. This security method provides for

certificate-based, mutual authentication of the client and network through an

encrypted channel. Unlike EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, it requires only server-side

certificates.

z EAP-FAST–Flexible Authentication via secured Tunneling. It was developed

by Cisco. Instead of using a certificate, mutual authentication is achieved by

means of a PAC (Protected Access Credential) which can be managed

dynamically by the authentication server. The PAC can be provisioned

(distributed on time) to the client either manually or automatically. Manual

provisioning is delivered to the client via disk or secured network distribution

method. Automatic provisioning is an in-band, over the air, distribution. For

tunnel authentication, only support “Generic Toke Card” authentication now.

z MD5-Challenge–Message Digest Challenge. Challenge is an EAP

authentication type that provides base-level EAP support. It provides for only

one-way authentication, there is no mutual authentication of wireless client

and the network.