XGS-5240-Series User Manual

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Configuration Guide of XGS-5240-Series
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Fig 3-10 the Authentication Flow of 802.1x EAP-TLS
3. EAP-TTLS Authentication Method
EAP-TTLS is a product of the cooperation of Funk Software and Certicom. It can p
rovide an authentication as strong as that provided by EAP-TLS, but without requiring u
sers to have their own digital certificate. The only request is that the Radius server sho
uld have a digital certificate. The authentication of users’ identity is implemented with p
asswords transmitted in a safely encrypted tunnel established via the certificate of the a
uthentication server. Any kind of authentication request including EAP, PAP and MS-CH
APV2 can be transmitted within TTLS tunnels.
4. PEAP Authentication Method
EAP-PEAP is brought up by Cisco, Microsoft and RAS Security as a recommended