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== Security Considerations ==

LEAP uses a modified version of [[MS-CHAP]], an [[authentication]] protocol in which user credentials are not strongly protected. Stronger authentication protocols employ a [[salt (cryptography)]] to strengthen the credentials against eavesdropping during the authentication process. Cisco's [http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sn-20030802-leap.shtml response] to the weaknesses of LEAP suggests that network administrators either force users to have stronger, more complicated [[passwords]] or move to another authentication protocol also developed by Cisco, [[EAP-FAST]], to ensure security. Automated tools like [http://asleap.sourceforge.net/ ASLEAP] demonstronstratedemonstrate the simplicity of getting unauthorized access in networks protected by LEAP implementations.