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802.1X/EAP
SecureW2 focuses on offering network security solutions for both wired and
wireless networks. The technology used is 802.1X and EAP. Basically 802.1X
is a means of choosing which users or devices access your network and EAP
enables 802.1X to authenticate the different users and devices.
For more information on 802.1X see the following link:
IEEE 802.1X - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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EAP-TTLS/EAP-PEAP
Their are many forms of authentication in an 802.1X/EAP network and one
of the more secure forms are EAP-TTLS and EAP-PEAP. These EAP methods are known as tunneled
authentication methods. Their security lies in the fact that before the user
credentials are sent to the authenticating server a TLS tunnel is setup
between the users client and the authenticating server in which the
credentials are transmitted. Benefits of using such a tunnel is that not
only are the credentials of the user protected, but this also allows the
verification of the authenticating server based on its TLS certificate.
For more information on EAP in general see the following link:
Extensible Authentication Protocol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Contact us
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information on SecureW2.
E-mail:
info (AT) securew2 [DOT] com
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