PEAP Insights | Sumble

What is PEAP?

Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP) is a type of EAP protocol that encapsulates other EAP methods within an encrypted and authenticated TLS tunnel. This provides a secure means of transporting authentication data. It is commonly used in wireless networks (Wi-Fi) to provide secure authentication using credentials like usernames and passwords, often in conjunction with a RADIUS server. PEAP is often favored for its ease of deployment and improved security over older protocols like LEAP.

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What other technologies are related to PEAP?

PEAP Competitor Technologies

EAP-TLS

EAP-TLS is another EAP authentication protocol that can be used for 802.1X authentication, offering an alternative to PEAP with mutual authentication using certificates.

mentioned alongside PEAP in 22% (144) of relevant job posts

LEAP

LEAP (Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol) is an older, less secure EAP authentication protocol, and is an alternative, although less desirable, authentication method.

mentioned alongside PEAP in 6% (106) of relevant job posts

PEAP Complementary Technologies

EAP

EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol) is a general authentication framework, and PEAP is a specific EAP type. Thus, EAP is complementary as PEAP relies on it.

mentioned alongside PEAP in 10% (100) of relevant job posts

WPA2

WPA2 is a security protocol often used with PEAP for wireless network authentication. WPA2 provides the encryption for the wireless connection, while PEAP handles authentication.

mentioned alongside PEAP in 10% (71) of relevant job posts

RADIUS

RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) is a common protocol used to handle the authentication requests when using PEAP. It's used as a backend authentication server.

mentioned alongside PEAP in 1% (203) of relevant job posts