(RADIATOR) simplest and highest performance form of encryption EAP

[Hugh Irvine]

Hello Ted -

I have used this with Radiator with no trouble - there is nothing  
special required.

regards

Hugh


On 24 Jun 2005, at 15:07, Theodore J. Knab wrote:

> OK, thanks for clearing that up Jim.
>
> Is there anyway to use WPA with TKIP with Radiator ?
>
> On 24/06/05 09:02 -0500, Jim Michael wrote:
>
>> I think you are confusing encryption with authentication  
>> mechanisms. When it comes to wireless, you have a limited number  
>> of choices for encrypting the wireless data:
>>
>> 1) old WEP. It's broken.
>> 2) WPA with TKIP (basically, it's rotating WEP keys). Much harder  
>> to break, but not perfect.
>> 3) WPA with AES, the new encryption standard. Your hardware must  
>> support AES to use it, but its as good as it gets today.
>>
>> TLS, TTLS, PEAP, LEAP etc are not concerned with encrypting the  
>> data between the access point and the client, they are mechanisms  
>> for securely *authenticating* users to a network.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>>>> On 6/24/2005 at 7:53 am, "Theodore J. Knab"  
>>>>> <tknab2 at washcoll.edu> wrote:
>>>>>
>>> What is the simplest to setup and best performance EAP for  
>>> wireless ?
>>>
>>> I am worried that heavy encryption will slow down performance on the
>>> wireless network.
>>>
>>> Additionally, I do not want to spend much time messing around  
>>> with self
>>> signed TLS cert to use
>>> EAP-TLS.
>>>
>>> Thus, minimal encryption is desired.
>>>
>>> We are using Cisco AiroNET 1200 series and Alactel Aierspace,  
>>> which was also
>>> recently purchased
>>> by Cisco.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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NB: I am travelling this week, so there may be delays in our  
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