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GIAC Exam GSEC Topic 9 Question 9 Discussion
Topic #: 9
You work as a Network Administrator for McNeil Inc. The company has a Windows Server 2008 network environment. The network is configured as a Windows Active Directory-based single forest domain-based network. The company's management has decided to provide laptops to its sales team members. These laptops are equipped with smart card readers. The laptops will be configured as wireless network clients. You are required to accomplish the following tasks:
The wireless network communication should be secured.
The laptop users should be able to use smart cards for getting authenticated.
In order to accomplish the tasks, you take the following steps:
Configure 802.1x and WEP for the wireless connections.
Configure the PEAP-MS-CHAP v2 protocol for authentication.
What will happen after you have taken these steps?
As 802.1x and WEP are configured, this step will enable the secure wireless network communication. For authentication, you have configured
the PEAP-MS-CHAP v2 protocol. This protocol can be used for authentication on wireless networks, but it cannot use a public key infrastructure
(PKI). No certificate can be issued without a PKI. Smart cards cannot be used for authentication without certificates. Hence, the laptop users
will not be able to use smart cards for getting authenticated.
In order to enable the laptop users to use smart cards for getting authenticated, you should configure the EAP-TLS protocol for
authentication.
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