Samsung MFP SECURITY White Paper

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WHITE PAPER SAMSUNG MFP SECURITYPage - 34 Copyright 2014 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., All rights reserved.9.4 802.1x Support802.1x Network Security is a protocol used for authenticating network access for 802.1x enabled ports. Generally it is usedin 802.11 wireless security communications. Wired network communications also use 802.1x enabled ports. A switchnetwork device called ‘Authenticator’ requires the 802.1x authentication to be connected to the MFP and requires that theMFP responds with its credentials when polled. The authenticator transfers the MFP’s credentials to an authenticationserver called ‘RADIUS’ and finally RADIUS decides whether to permit the connection or not.802.1x Network Security protocol uses some Extensible Authentication Protocols (EAP). Samsung MFPs support thefollowing EAPs:• EAP-MD5• PEAP• EAP-MSCHAPv2• TLSServer certificate validation is not supported. Each EAP requires a user ID and a Password as a credential.Example of 802.1x Web UI menu: