Meetinghouse has released a new version of its 802.1X WiFi authentication platform for wireless network access devices. Version 4 of the AEGIS Authentication SDK (software development kit) adds standards-based security control and flexibility, the company says, and targets wireless access points, wired/wireless routers, and switches.

Meetinghouse describes the Authentication SDK as a highly portable embeddable source code library for enabling fast 802.1X authenticator functionality in network access server (NAS) devices. The company claims an installed base of over 200 million computer networking devices worldwide.

Among the key feature updates and upgrades in the new release are:

• Portable interface across OSes — Linux, Windows, Windows CE
• Modular EAP (extensible auth protocol) library
• CCX v4 (Cisco-compatible extensions) support
• EAP — TLV (type-length-value) plug-in interface (EAP methods with TLV extensions)
• EAP-FAST, EAP-SIM v16, SmartCard
• 802.11i pre-authentication
• Credential management
• 802.11 radio management

Earlier this year, Meetinghouse announced a collaboration with iPass to simplify and further advance 802.1x-based network access security for mobile devices with the intent to implement end-to-end protection across the Internet — all the way from the device to the enterprise.

 
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