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Extensible Authentication Protocol

nounid 2526·updated Oct 7, 2026
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A framework that supports multiple, optional authentication mechanisms for PPP, including clear-text passwords, challenge-response, and arbitrary dialog sequences.

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Attested in

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems8 citations · 8 defined by this document · observed 2026-10-20 under anchor/0.9/36554/2026-10-20/set-r11, anchor/0.9/36451/2026-09-01
03.05.02 ¶ 203.05.02 ¶ 23.2.1 ¶ 153.2.1 ¶ 1603.05.02 ¶ 203.05.02 ¶ 23.2.1 ¶ 153.2.1 ¶ 16

Classifications

Entity Type

Technical Specification100%manual reviewI-079.framework_split

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Information Class

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Variants

acronym
EAP
plural
Extensible Authentication Protocols
possessive
Extensible Authentication Protocol's
pluralpossessive
Extensible Authentication Protocols'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
§1
A framework that supports multiple, optional authentication mechanisms for PPP, including clear-text passwords, challenge-response, and arbitrary dialog sequences.
NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§1 · acronym list
EAP: Extensible Authentication Protocol
Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (acronym list)
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
A framework that supports multiple, optional authentication mechanisms for PPP, including clear-text passwords, challenge-response, and arbitrary dialog sequences.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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