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Extensible Authentication Protocol Host

Purpose

EAPHost is a Microsoft Windows Networking component that provides an Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) infrastructure for the authentication of "supplicant" protocol implementations such as 802.1X. It also allows for authentication with "authenticator" technologies such as the Microsoft Network Policy Server (NPS) and other third-party servers.

The EAPHost APIs enable applications to authenticate using the EAPHost service, and provide a template for the development of conformant authentication methods for use with EAPHost.

Run-time requirements

The EAPHost APIs are supported only in Windows Vista and later operating systems.