Hello Ian:
Yes, WPA supports 802.1x standard alongwith it's own Information Element (IE)
sent in the probe requests. The supplicant (client) and the Radius (authentication
server) generate a master key during the authentication process. I'm sure EAP-TLS
is one of the possibilities to achieve that but am unsure if that's the only one
supported.
AES is included in WPA, hence the Microsoft patch should include it as well...
Regards,
Nikhil.
Ian Pritchard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
I saw the following announcement that Windows XP has a patch that will allow
it to support WPA:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=815485
As far as I understand it, WPA includes 802.1x. The document states:
"For environments with a RADIUS infrastructure, Extensible Authentication
Protocol (EAP) and RADIUS is supported."
It also says:
"802.1x authentication is required in WPA"
However, I can't find anything there or in the WPA documentation which
specifies which EAP flavours are required. Will EAP-TLS be mandatory, or
TTLS, MD5 or one of the other flavours? What about AES?
Thanks,
Ian
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