Thursday, July 5, 2012

802.1X Roles:

  • Supplicant:
    • the 802.1x driver supplies a username/password prompt to the user and sends/recives the EAPoL messages.
  • Authentication:
    • Translate between EAPoL & RADIUS messages in bothe directions and enables/disables ports based on the success/failure of authentication
  • Authentication Server:
    • Stores usernames/passwords and verifies that the correct values were submitted before authenticating the user