Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) is an extensible standard that passes authentication information over a WiredLAN or WirelessLAN. But in the bigger picture, 802.1x is used with EAP and PPP as part of PortBasedNetworkAccessControl.

Links: IETF RFCs * http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2284.txt

EAP (last edited 2007-11-23 18:01:09 by localhost)