What Is Ieee 802.1x?
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IEEE 802.1X is a standard that provides an authentication mechanism to devices wishing to attach to a LAN or WLAN. It is a port-based access control protocol that provides an authentication mechanism to devices wishing to attach to a LAN or WLAN. 802.1X provides a solution to the security problems of open authentication methods such as WEP. 802.1X can be used to authenticate users/devices as well as encrypt traffic. It also provides an authentication framework that can be used to implement other authentication protocols such as EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol).