Explain the PEAP protocol – how does it differ from EAP and what EAP deficiency does it address?

It is a network security assignment. you are answer to questions based on snort rule, wireless protocals.

You are the company IT Manager.

It has come to your notice that a company employee has set up a rogue web server on the internal network, using a personal laptop. The employee is using that web site to provide undesirable material to a small clique of employees, to whom the web server address has been provided secretly.

The company CEO has requested you to:

Obtain hard evidence that an employee is in fact using a personal laptop to set up a rogue web server.

Question 2:
Wireless Protocols (10 Marks)

A. Describe 802.1x authentication and the steps that when a wireless client connects to a network using RADIUS server for authentication.

B. Explain the PEAP protocol – how does it differ from EAP and what EAP deficiency does it address?

C. What makes a brute-force attack both particularly difficult and potentially easy on a wireless network using AES/CCMP encryption and 802.1x authentication? Hint: What do you need to know in order to attempt the attack?

D. Assume an office wireless network was only configured with AES/CCMP encryption (i.e. no additional authentication standards). What problems would this cause?

E. Assume an office wireless network was only configured with 802.1x authentication (i.e. no additional encryption). What problems would this cause?