Avaya AP-6 User Manual

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Security

Avaya Wireless AP-4/5/6 User’s Guide 4-121

Popular EAP types include:

Type

Description

EAP-Message
Digest 5 (MD5)

Username/Password-based authentication;
does not support automatic key distribution

EAP-Transport
Layer Security (TLS)

Certificate-based authentication (a
certificate is required on the server and
each client); supports automatic key
distribution

EAP-Tunneled
Transport Layer
Security (TTLS)

Certificate-based authentication (a
certificate is required on the server; a
client’s username/password is tunneled to
the server over a secure connection);
supports automatic key distribution

PEAP - Protected
EAP with MS-CHAP
v2

Secure username/password-based
authentication; supports automatic key
distribution

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