802.1x Authentication Types

A Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) provides the necessary certificates for 802.1x authentication for wireless and wired networks. When a user or computer performs 802.1x authentication, the following two authentication types are available:

  • Extensible Authentication Protocol using Transport Layer Security (EAP-TLS)

  • Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP)

Note

Several WLAN security solutions similar to PEAP and EAP-TLS are based on EAP solutions. For example, Cisco’s Light EAP (LEAP) and Funk Software’s Tunneled Transport Layer Security (EAP-TTLS) provide security comparable to PEAP ...

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