The Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) provides a standard mechanism for support of various authentication methods. This document defines the Command-Codes and AVPs necessary to carry EAP ...

This short primer will provide a few guidelines to consider when choosing an Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) method, one element of the authentication component of your Wi-Fi security plan.

What is the best EAP type to use when setting up an enterprise WLAN? Selecting the appropriate Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) method for your wireless network is a pivotal security decision ...

Last month, I covered the 802.11 wireless standard and the various options available for wireless networking. This time, let’s look at the principles of securing ...

Wireless technologies continue to grow with no sign of slowing down. Today, companies need to understand the advances in wireless security standards so they can easily integrate wireless ...

META Trend: The campus/LAN will become increasingly application aware (2003/04), as products incorporate expanded services such as quality of service, security, and user-based policy. By YE02, 75% of ...

One day after it disclosed a security vulnerability in a wireless networking product, Cisco Systems must contend with a new threat – the long-promised release of a hacking tool that targets wireless ...

BANGALORE: Cisco Systems acknowledged security problems with its proprietary Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol (LEAP) and has released a new security protocol, that it said eliminates the ...

I'm running into a problem trying to implement port access security using EAP certificate authentication on my network. The networking part is done and working fine but the authentication part is what ...

A proposed Wi-Fi security standard for office systems is finding another use in technology that promises to let people roam easily between cell phone and Wi-Fi networks. Gemplus announced Thursday ...

Let’s start with a look at the EAP over LAN (EAPOL) mechanism defined in 802.1x. Figure 2 shows a standard EAP transaction, in which a client, called a peer, negotiates an authentication protocol with ...