Cisco releases EAP-FAST to customers, IETF, to fix dictionary attack weakness: In response to the release of a tool designed to crack weak Cisco LEAP authentication-based networks, asleap, Cisco has made its EAP-FAST patch available, which they say fixes the problem. The third-party engineer who reported LEAP's weakness and six months later released the cracking tool recommends PEAP, a standard that solves the problem in a similar manner, and which is supported by Microsoft and Cisco, and is available from third parties like Funk and Meetinghouse as well.