Security
Avaya Wireles s AP-4/5/6 Us er’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