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DWS-1008 User’s Manual
D-Link Systems, Inc.
Appendix D - Glossary
EAP over LAN
See
EAPoL
.
EAP over Wireless
See
EAPoL
.
EAPoW
See
EAPoL
.
EAPTLS
Extensible Authentication Protocol with Transport Layer Security. An EAP subprotocol for
802.1X authentication. EAP-TLS supports mutual authentication and uses digital certificates
to fulfill the mutual challenge. When a user (client) requests access, the authentication server
responds with a server certificate. The client replies with its own certificate and also validates
the server certificate. From the certificate values, the EAP-TLS algorithm can derive session
encryption keys. After validating the client certification, the authentication server sends the
session encryption keys for a particular session to the client. Compare
PEAP
.
EAP type
A specific Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) authentication mechanism. Both the
wireless client (or
supplicant
) and the authenticator must support the same EAP type for
successful authentication to occur. EAP types supported in a D-Link Mobility System wireless
LAN (WLAN) include EAPMD5, EAPTLS, PEAPTLS, PEAPMSCHAP, and Tunneled Transport
Layer Security (TTLS). See also
MD5
;
MS-CHAP-V2
;
PEAP
;
TLS
;
TTLS
.
EAP with Transport Layer Security
See
EAPTLS
.
enabled access
Permission to use all Mobility System Software (MSS) commandline interface (CLI) commands
required for configuration and troubleshooting. Enabled access requires a separate enable
password. Compare
restricted access
.
encryption
Any procedure used in cryptography to translate data into a form that can be read by
only its intended receiver. An encrypted signal must be decrypted to be read. See also
cryptography
.
ESS
Extended service set. A logical connection of multiple basic service sets (BSSs) connected to
the same network. Roaming within an ESS is guaranteed by the D-Link Mobility System.
Ethernet II
The original Ethernet specification produced by Digital, Intel, and Xerox (DIX) that served as
the basis of the IEEE 802.3 standard.
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