Supplicant (computer)
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The term supplicant is used in the IEEE 802.1X standard, where the supplicant is an entity at one end of a point-to-point LAN segment that seeks to be authenticated by an authenticator attached to the other end of that link.
Supplicants include:
- Windows 2000/XP built in
- Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
- Windows XP Service Pack 2
- Mac OS X built in ("Internet Connect" utility)
- OS 10.3 or higher
- Aegis AEGIS_(network) by Cisco, formerly by Meetinghouse
- Odyssey by Juniper Networks
- SecureW2 by Alfa & Ariss
- wpa_supplicant
- Xsupplicant
[edit] See also
ESG Open 802.1x Supplicant initiative