HP-UX AAA Server A.08.01 administrator's guide (T1428-90072, May 2010)

Table Of Contents
13 Securing LAN Access With EAP
IMPORTANT: The EAP-LEAP authentication method is obsolete in this release of the
HP-UX AAA Server. The EAP-LEAP authentication method is replaced by the
EAP-PEAP authentication method. HP recommends that you use EAP-PEAP in place
of EAP-LEAP for improved security. Unlike EAP-LEAP, EAP-PEAP supports mutual
authentication and uses an encrypted tunnel to transmit the user's credentials.
This chapter provides information about securing LANs with EAP using the HP-UX
AAA Server. Refer to the Secure LAN Advisor in the Server Manager interface for
step-by-step instructions.
Overview
The HP-UX AAA Server provides security framework to support EAP authentication
mechanisms for LAN users. The HP-UX AAA Server allows authentication of wireless
users with password or non-password based mechanisms and supports dynamic key
generation for data encryption between the access point and wireless stations.
The Secure LAN Advisor
The Secure LAN Advisor is an HTML tutorial/help system in the Server Manager GUI
that walks you through the tasks and Server Manager screens for securing WLANs
with the HP-UX AAA Server. The Secure LAN Advisor provides information only—it
does not edit configuration files. Follow the Secure LAN Advisor and use Server
Manager to create and deploy basic AAA configurations for securing WLANs.
For information on EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA, see Chapter 17 (page 224)
The following graphic shows the Secure LAN Advisor used to quickly secure WLANs
with the HP-UX AAA Server:
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