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| Public-key Infrastructure(PKI) |
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| The system for creating and distributing digital certifications using sites like VeriSign, Thawte, or GoDaddy. |
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| an authentication standard designed to allow different operating systems and application to authenticate each other |
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| Remote Authentication dial-in user service(RADIUS) |
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| An AAA standard created to support ISPs with hundreds if not thousands of modems in hundreds of computers to a single central database. _________ consists of three devices: the _______ server that has access to a database of user names and passwords, a number of Network Access Servers(NASs) that control the modems, and group of systems that dial into the network |
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| Terminal access controller access control system plus(TACACS+) |
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| A proprietary protool developed by Cisco to support AAA in a network with many routers and switches. it is similar to RADIUS but uses Tcp Port 49 by default and separates Authorization, Authentication and Accounting into different parts |
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| Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol(CHAP) |
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| A remote access authentication protocol. It has the serving system challenge the remote client, which must provide an encrypted password |
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| Microsoft's dominant variation of the CHAP protocol, uses slightly more advance encryption protocol |
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| Extensible Authentication Protocol(EAP) |
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| Authentication wrapper _____ complaint application can use to accept one of many types authentication. While ______ is a general-purpose authentication wrapper, its only substantial use is in wireless networks |
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