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networks. It was developed by Meetinghouse Data Communications, Inc.; the system was renamed "Cisco Secure Services Client" when Meetinghouse was acquired by

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. The AEGIS Protocol is an 802.1X supplicant (i.e. handles authentication for wired and wireless networks, such as those that use

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, WPA-Radius, or Certificate-based authentication), and is commonly installed along with a Network Interface Card's (NIC) or

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drivers.

References

External links

Cisco Secure Services Client Q&A (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
Computer network security IEEE 802.11 {{compu-network-stub