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DWS-1008 User’s Manual
D-Link Systems, Inc.
Appendix D - Glossary
EAP over LAN
See EAPoL.
EAP over Wireless
See EAPoL.
EAPoW
See EAPoL.
EAPTLS
Extensible Authentication Protocol with Transport Layer Security. An EAP subprotocol for
802.1X authentication. EAP-TLS supports mutual authentication and uses digital certicates
to fulll the mutual challenge. When a user (client) requests access, the authentication server
responds with a server certicate. The client replies with its own certicate and also validates
the server certicate. From the certicate values, the EAP-TLS algorithm can derive session
encryption keys. After validating the client certication, the authentication server sends the
session encryption keys for a particular session to the client. Compare PEAP.
EAP type
A specic Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) authentication mechanism. Both the
wireless client (or supplicant) and the authenticator must support the same EAP type for
successful authentication to occur. EAP types supported in a D-Link Mobility System wireless
LAN (WLAN) include EAPMD5, EAPTLS, PEAPTLS, PEAPMSCHAP, and Tunneled Transport
Layer Security (TTLS). See also MD5; MS-CHAP-V2; PEAP; TLS; TTLS.
EAP with Transport Layer Security
See EAPTLS.
enabled access
Permission to use all Mobility System Software (MSS) commandline interface (CLI) commands
required for conguration and troubleshooting. Enabled access requires a separate enable
password. Compare restricted access.
encryption
Any procedure used in cryptography to translate data into a form that can be read by
only its intended receiver. An encrypted signal must be decrypted to be read. See also
cryptography.
ESS
Extended service set. A logical connection of multiple basic service sets (BSSs) connected to
the same network. Roaming within an ESS is guaranteed by the D-Link Mobility System.
Ethernet II
The original Ethernet specication produced by Digital, Intel, and Xerox (DIX) that served as
the basis of the IEEE 802.3 standard.