Silex technology SX-600 Certificate Common Name, Certificate Root Key, Authentication Protocol

used in TTLS, LEAP, and PEAP configurations. The password may be a text string, or a string of hex bytes prefixed with '\x'. The default password is 'anonymous'.

Certificate Common Name

Enter the name of the certificate on the primary authentication server. If both of the common names are set to null, all certificates are accepted. The default is null. Certificate common name is used in TLS, TTLS and PEAP configurations.

Certificate Root Key

Enter the authentication key used to verify the root certificate in the certificate chain provided by the authentication server. To set to null, leave this field blank. Certificate Root Key is used in TLS, TTLS and PEAP configurations. The Certificate Root Key can be extracted by clicking Browse and selecting the actual certificate if you don’t want to type it in manually.

Certificate Root Key Exponent

This value must match the authentication server certificate value. The default is 65537 (x10001). Certificate Root Key Exponent is used in TLS, TTLS and PEAP configurations. The Certificate Root Key Exponent can be extracted by clicking Browse and selecting the actual certificate if you don’t want to type it in manually.

Authentication Protocol

This field determines how the server authenticates itself to the 802.1x enabled network after an 802.1x session is established. The default is PAP. Sometimes referred to as inner-authentication protocol, it is used in TTLS and PEAP configurations.

Pre-Shared Key

If the PSK mode of authentication is selected with WPA or WPA2 encryption, the key value or pass-phrase entered here is used to initialize the session with the access point. If a key value is entered, it must be exactly 64 hex characters. A pass-phrase must be 8 to 63 displayable characters.

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