what is extensible authentication protocol
Extensible Authentication Protocol, or EAP, is an authentication framework frequently used in wireless networks and point-to-point connections.It is defined in RFC 3748, which made RFC 2284 obsolete, and was updated by RFC 5247.AP is an authentication framework providing for the transport and usage of keying material and parameters generated by EAP methods. There are many methods defined by RFCs and a number of vendor specific methods and new proposals exist.