A technician is investigating options to secure a small office wireless network. One requirement is to allow automatic logins to the network using certificates instead of passwords. Which of the following should the wireless solution have in order to support this feature?
To support automatic logins to a wireless network using certificates, the wireless solution should have RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) support. RADIUS is a network protocol that provides centralized authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) management. It supports certificate-based authentication, allowing devices to authenticate using digital certificates instead of passwords.
Answer A. This method provides mutual authentication through the use of a short, easy to remember password. Compared with other common authentication methods, EAP-EKE is not susceptible to dictionary attacks. Neither does it require the availability of public-key certificates.
A. is a great answer, thanks for the contribution!
While RADIUS can be used to facilitate different authentication methods, it does not inherently provide automatic logins using certificates. EAP-EKE can perform mutual authentication using digital certificates, ensuring a more secure and automated login process. Answer is C.
A or C ????
EAP-TLS is also a PKI when I researched PKIs this is what I found. "SecureW2’s Managed PKI is the foundation for enabling secure EAP-TLS authentication, allowing organizations to reap the security benefits associated with certificate-based authentication without the difficulties of constructing their own PKI infrastructure." https://www.securew2.com/blog/what-is-eap-tls
Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) is used to pass the authentication information between the supplicant (the Wi-Fi workstation) and the authentication server (Microsoft IAS or other). The EAP type actually handles and defines the authentication
Its A. As the EAP-TLS uses a certificate-based authentication process that is highly secure. When a client device seeks to connect to a network, it presents its digital certificate, which contains a public key, to the authentication server, which is usually a RADIUS server. Instead of EAP-EKE, is one of the few EAP methods that provide secure mutual authentication using short passwords and no need for public key certificates.
RADIUS supports various authentication methods, including certificate-based authentication. It allows devices to present digital certificates during the authentication process.
Answer is C: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/technologies/extensible-authentication-protocol/network-access?tabs=eap-tls%2Cserveruserprompt-eap-tls%2Ceap-sim
It's A) RADIUS While AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) is a symmetric encryption standard often used in Wi-Fi security, and MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) is a method of confirming a user’s claimed identity, they are not specifically related to the use of certificates for authentication. EAP-EKE (Extensible Authentication Protocol-Encrypted Key Exchange) is a method to prevent password cracking attacks but does not necessarily use certificates for authentication.
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EAP-EKE is a protocol that enables secure key exchange between the client and the server using certificates. It is used in conjunction with other EAP protocols such as EAP-TLS, which is commonly used for certificate-based authentication.
RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) is a network protocol that provides centralized Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) management for users. It supports certificate-based authentication, allowing automatic logins using certificates instead of passwords.
Makes the most sense.
It said small office..RADIUS is for enterprise, so..
A. RADIUS To support automatic logins to a wireless network using certificates instead of passwords, the wireless solution should have RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) support. RADIUS is a networking protocol that provides centralized authentication, authorization, and accounting for users who connect and use a network service. In the context of wireless networks, RADIUS can be used for secure and centralized authentication, allowing devices to authenticate using certificates. EAP-EKE specifically is not commonly used in the context of automatic logins with certificates.