Artur Hecker wrote:
> hi
>
> what is 802.11x? 802.1X has been standard since summer 2000.
I believe that he is referring to IEEE 802.11i. The output of Task
Group I of the IEEE 802.11 Working Group. This is the security
extension to IEEE 802.11. It encompasses mutual authentication via IEEE
802.1x and encryption via AES among other things.
>
> do you mean there is an EAP-draft for IEEE-leap? something like eap-leap
> or eap-cisco? which id does it have in that case?
>
>
> Jason Lixfeld wrote:
>
>> I don't expect that we will see LEAP. LEAP is Cisco proprietary, AFAIK
>> and implements some protocol and standards drafts which are to be
>> bundled into the up and coming 802.11x protocol as soon as it is
>> approved by the standards committee (IEEE?).
>
>
> i would agree that leap is proprietary. it would be nice to have it but
> i kind of think sometimes that supporting proprietary protocols is just
> unfair :)
>
> anyway, it's the way that goes. if anyone codes down leap, it would
> certainly not be rejected, why should it?
>
>
> ciao
> artur
>
>
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Aron J. Silverton
Senior Staff Research Engineer
Motorola Laboratories, Networks and Infrastructure Research
Motorola, Inc.
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