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Recommendation for EAP Methods Used in Wireless Network Access Authentication
Published
Author(s)
Lidong Chen, Katrin Hoeper
Abstract
This Recommendation specifies security requirements for authentication methods with key establishment supported by the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) defined in IETF RFC 3748 for wireless access authentications to federal networks.
Chen, L.
and Hoeper, K.
(2009),
Recommendation for EAP Methods Used in Wireless Network Access Authentication, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-120
(Accessed October 14, 2025)