Zte ZXR10 2918E-PS User Manual

ZXR102900ESeriesCongurationGuide
EAP-MD5.Anyofthemethodscanbeusedaccordingtodifferentserviceoperation
requirements.
lPAP(PasswordAuthenticationProtocol)
PAPisasimpleplaintextauthenticationmode.NASrequiresthesubscriberto
providetheusernameandpasswordandthesubscriberreturnsthesubscriber
informationintheformofplaintext.Theservercheckswhetherthissubscriber
isavailableandwhetherthepasswordiscorrectaccordingtothesubscriber
congurationandreturnsdifferentresponses.Thisauthenticationmodefeatures
poorsecurityandtheusernameandpasswordtransferredmaybeeasilystolen.
Figure4-20showstheprocessofusingthePAPmodeforidentityauthentication.
Figure4-20USINGPAPMODEFORIDENTITYAUTHENTICATION
lCHAP(ChallengeHandshakeAuthenticationProtocol)
CHAPisanencryptedauthenticationmodeandavoidsthetransmissionoftheuser’s
realpassworduponthesetupofconnection.NASsendsarandomlygenerated
Challengestringtotheuser.TheuserencryptstheChallengestringbyusingtheown
passwordandMD5algorithmandreturnstheusernameandencryptedChallenge
string(encryptedpassword).
TheserverusestheuserpassworditstoresandtheMD5algorithmtoencryptthe
Challengestring.ThenitcomparesthisChallengestringwiththeencryptedpassword
oftheserverandreturnsaresponseaccordingly.
Figure4-21showstheprocessofusingtheCHAPmodeforidentityauthentication.
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Zte ZXR10 2918E-PS Specifications

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