Re: Difference between EAP-TTLS and PEAP?

From: Walter (unendlich_at_gmx.at)
Date: 10/26/05 

Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:52:28 +0200

david20@alpha2.mdx.ac.uk wrote:
> In article <d708$435c08f2$506c39c9$7916@news.chello.at>, Walter <unendlich@gmx.at> writes:
>
>>Hi!
>>
>>Does anyone knows the differnce between EAP-TTLS and PEAP in particular?
>>I mean, both are using EAP-TLS to establish a secure connection to
>>exchange authentication data and further using various EAP methods for
>>Client authentication. So where is the difference?
>>
>>If nowbody has a idea, maybe you can recomend me another newsgroup :-)
>>
>
> For a technical comparison see
>
> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2002/10/17/peap.html
>
> (though I think the conclusion is out of date ie PEAP now seems to be more
> widely implemented than EAP-TTLS).
>
>
> David Webb
> Security team leader
> CCSS
> Middlesex University
>

thanks for the link, it was really helpful! But i'm still wondering,
that PEAP is more widely implemented than EAP-TTLS since EAP-TTLS has
the possibility to work with legacy systems which are not understanding EAP.

thx walter