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Tech Note 2245: Mobility XE Authentication and International Character Support

Mobility XE Authentication and International Character Support

Technical Note 2245

Last Reviewed 15-Jun-2009
Applies to:
Mobility XE version 8.51 and higher

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Summary

Mobility XE version 8.51 includes support for Latin-1 characters commonly used in French, German, Italian, Spanish, and most other Western European languages. Specifically, it supports Unicode Latin-1 characters up to U+00FF. The tables below provide a matrix of authentication methods and authentication servers that support this extended range of characters as inputs for user names and passwords.

It is important to be aware that the limitations listed in the matrix are those of the authentication servers. The Mobility server does not limit extended character support (when characters are within the range described above).

Additional details are in the Notes section below.


Tables of Support for Authentication Methods and Authentication Servers


Note: RSA does not currently support Latin-1 characters.


Key:

  • Yes: Authentication and/or password change with Latin-1 characters is supported.

  • No: Authentication and/or password change with Latin-1 characters is not supported.

  • N/A: The authentication method or procedure is not available with this server.

Authentication Method /
Authentication Server		 Active Directory 2000 Active Directory 2003
NTLM User name Password Password
Change		 User name Password Password
Change
Latin-1 character support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes



Authentication Method /
Authentication Server		 Cisco ACS Release 4.2(0)
Build 124		 Microsoft IAS
Windows 2003 Server
*Note 1		 Juniper SBR
Version 6.1.0
LEAP User name Password Password
Change		 User name Password Password
Change		 User name Password Password
Change
Latin-1 character support Yes *Note 2 Yes Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
 
PEAP-MSCHAPv2 User name Password Password
Change		 User name Password Password
Change		 User name Password Password
Change
Latin-1 character support Yes Yes No *Note 3 Yes Yes No *Note 3 No No No
 
PEAP-GTC User name Password Password
Change		 User name Password Password
Change		 User name Password Password
Change
Latin-1 character support Yes Yes No *Note 3 N/A N/A N/A No No No
 
PEAP/EAP-TLS User name Password Password
Change		 User name Password Password
Change		 User name Password Password
Change
Latin-1 character support Yes N/A N/A Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
 
EAP-TLS User name Password Password
Change		 User name Password Password
Change		 User name Password Password
Change
Latin-1 character support Yes N/A N/A Yes N/A N/A Yes N/A N/A

Notes

  • Note 1: In order to ensure full compatibility between Microsoft IAS and Latin-1 characters, you will need to modify a Mobility setting. Contact NetMotion Technical Support (support@nmwco.com) for more information. The only time it is necessary to modify this setting is if your authentication infrastructure includes user names and/or passwords that contain extended characters.
  • Note 2: User names must be entered as username@domain.com.
  • Note 3: Only user names that contain solely ASCII characters can successfully change passwords.

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