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Security Tab
In the Client Utility, access the Security tab by clicking
New or Modify on the Profile Management
tab. Click the Security tab in the Profile Management window.
Edit the fields in the Security tab of Profile Management to configure the profile. To define the
security mode, select the radio button of the desired security mode. Make sure to also edit the
General and Advanced tabs.
WPA
Enables the use of Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA).
Choosing WPA opens the WPA EAP drop-down menu. The options
include:
EAP-FAST (Extensible Authentication Protocol-Flexible
Authentication via Secure Tunneling )
EAP-FAST is to support customers who cannot enforce a strong
password policy and wish to deploy an 802.1X EAP type that does not
require digital certificates, supports a variety of user and password
database types, supports password expiration and change, and is
flexible, easy to deploy, and easy to manage. For example, a customer
using Cisco LEAP who cannot enforce a strong password policy and
does not want to use certificates can migrate to EAP-FAST for protection
from dictionary attacks. (See help menu on configuration utility for more
details)
EAP-TLS (Extensible Authentication Protocol-Transport Layer
Security) is a Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) extension supporting
additional authentication methods within PPP. Transport Layer
Security (TLS) provides for mutual authentication, integrity-protected
cipher suite negotiation, and key exchange between two endpoints.
EAP-TTLS (Extensible Authentication Protocol-Tunneled