802.1X Port-Based Authentication HOWTO

Lars Strand

2004-08-18

Revision History
Revision 1.0 2004-10-18 Revised by: LKS
Initial Release, reviewed by TLDP.
Revision 0.2b 2004-10-13 Revised by: LKS
Various updates. Thanks to Rick Moen <rick (at) linuxmafia com> for language review.
Revision 0.0 2004-07-23 Revised by: LKS
Initial draft.

This document describes the software and procedures to set up and use IEEE 802.1X Port-Based Network Access Control using Xsupplicant as Supplicant with FreeRADIUS as a back-end Authentication Server.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1. What is 802.1X?
1.2. What is 802.11i?
1.3. What is EAP?
1.4. EAP authentication methods
1.5. What is RADIUS?
2. Obtaining Certificates
3. Authentication Server: Setting up FreeRADIUS
3.1. Installing FreeRADIUS
3.2. Configuring FreeRADIUS
4. Supplicant: Setting up Xsupplicant
4.1. Installing Xsupplicant
4.2. Configuring Xsupplicant
5. Authenticator: Setting up the Authenticator (Access Point)
5.1. Access Point
5.2. Linux Authenticator
6. Testbed
6.1. Testcase
6.2. Running some tests
7. Note about driver support and Xsupplicant
8. FAQ
9. Useful Resources
10. Copyright, acknowledgments and miscellaneous
10.1. Copyright and License
10.2. How this document was produced
10.3. Feedback
10.4. Acknowledgments
A. GNU Free Documentation License
A.1. PREAMBLE
A.2. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS
A.3. VERBATIM COPYING
A.4. COPYING IN QUANTITY
A.5. MODIFICATIONS
A.6. COMBINING DOCUMENTS
A.7. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS
A.8. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
A.9. TRANSLATION
A.10. TERMINATION
A.11. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE
A.12. ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents

1. Introduction

This document describes the software and procedures to set up and use 802.1X: Port-Based Network Access Control using Xsupplicant with PEAP (PEAP/MS-CHAPv2) as authentication method and FreeRADIUS as back-end authentication server.

If another authentication mechanism than PEAP is preferred, e.g., EAP-TLS or EAP-TTLS, only a small number of configuration options needs to be changed. PEAP/MS-CHAPv2 are also supported by Windows XP SP1/Windows 2000 SP3.

1.1. What is 802.1X?

The 802.1X-2001 standard states:

"Port-based network access control makes use of the physical access characteristics of IEEE 802 LAN infrastructures in order to provide a means of authenticating and authorizing devices attached to a LAN port that has point-to-point connection characteristics, and of preventing access to that port in cases which the authentication and authorization fails. A port in this context is a single point of attachment to the LAN infrastructure." --- 802.1X-2001, page 1.

Figure 802.1X: A wireless node must be authenticated before it can gain access to other LAN resources.

  1. When a new wireless node (WN) requests access to a LAN resource, the access point (AP) asks for the WN's identity. No other traffic than EAP is allowed before the WN is authenticated (the "port" is closed).

    The wireless node that requests authentication is often called Supplicant, although it is more correct to say that the wireless node contains a Supplicant. The Supplicant is responsible for responding to Authenticator data that will establish its credentials. The same goes for the access point; the Authenticator is not the access point. Rather, the access point contains an Authenticator. The Authenticator does not even need to be in the access point; it can be an external component.

    EAP, which is the protocol used for authentication, was originally used for dial-up PPP. The identity was the username, and either PAP or CHAP authentication [RFC1994] was used to check the user's password. Since the identity is sent in clear (not encrypted), a malicious sniffer may learn the user's identity. "Identity hiding" is therefore used; the real identity is not sent before the encrypted TLS tunnel is up.

  2. After the identity has been sent, the authentication process begins. The protocol used between the Supplicant and the Authenticator is EAP, or, more correctly, EAP encapsulation over LAN (EAPOL). The Authenticator re-encapsulates the EAP messages to RADIUS format, and passes them to the Authentication Server.

    During authentication, the Authenticator just relays packets between the Supplicant and the Authentication Server. When the authentication process finishes, the Authentication Server sends a success message (or failure, if the authentication failed). The Authenticator then opens the "port" for the Supplicant.

  3. After a successful authentication, the Supplicant is granted access to other LAN resources/Internet.

See figure 802.1X for explanation.

Why is it called "port"-based authentication? The Authenticator deals with controlled and uncontrolled ports. Both the controlled and the uncontrolled port are logical entities (virtual ports), but use the same physical connection to the LAN (same point of attachment).

Figure port: The authorization state of the controlled port.

Before authentication, only the uncontrolled port is "open". The only traffic allowed is EAPOL; see Authenticator System 1 on figure port. After the Supplicant has been authenticated, the controlled port is opened, and access to other LAN resources are granted; see Authenticator System 2 on figure port.

802.1X plays a major role in the new IEEE wireless standard 802.11i.

1.2. What is 802.11i?

1.2.1. WEP

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), which is part of the original 802.11 standard, should provide confidentiality. Unfortunately WEP is poorly designed and easily cracked. There is no authentication mechanism, only a weak form of access control (must have the shared key to communicate). Read more here.

As a response to WEP broken security, IEEE has come up with a new wireless security standard named 802.11i. 802.1X plays a major role in this new standard.

1.2.2. 802.11i

The new security standard, 802.11i, which was ratified in June 2004, fixes all WEP weaknesses. It is divided into three main categories:

  1. Temporary Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) is a short-term solution that fixes all WEP weaknesses. TKIP can be used with old 802.11 equipment (after a driver/firmware upgrade) and provides integrity and confidentiality.

  2. Counter Mode with CBC-MAC Protocol (CCMP) [RFC2610] is a new protocol, designed from ground up. It uses AES [FIPS 197] as its cryptographic algorithm, and, since this is more CPU intensive than RC4 (used in WEP and TKIP), new 802.11 hardware may be required. Some drivers can implement CCMP in software. CCMP provides integrity and confidentiality.

  3. 802.1X Port-Based Network Access Control: Either when using TKIP or CCMP, 802.1X is used for authentication.

In addition, an optional encryption method called "Wireless Robust Authentication Protocol" (WRAP) may be used instead of CCMP. WRAP was the original AES-based proposal for 802.11i, but was replaced by CCMP since it became plagued by property encumbrances. Support for WRAP is optional, but CCMP support is mandatory in 802.11i.

802.11i also has an extended key derivation/management, described next.

1.2.3. Key Management

1.2.3.1. Dynamic key exchange and management

To enforce a security policy using encryption and integrity algorithms, keys must be obtained. Fortunately, 802.11i implements a key derivation/management regime. See figure KM.

Figure KM: Key management and distribution in 802.11i.

  1. When the Supplicant (WN) and Authentication Server (AS) authenticate, one of the last messages sent from AS, given that authentication was successful, is a Master Key (MK). After it has been sent, the MK is known only to the WN and the AS. The MK is bound to this session between the WN and the AS.

  2. Both the WN and the AS derive a new key, called the Pairwise Master Key (PMK), from the Master Key.

  3. The PMK is then moved from the AS to the Authenticator (AP). Only the WN and the AS can derive the PMK, else the AP could make access-control decisions instead of the AS. The PMK is a fresh symmetric key bound to this session between the WN and the AP.

  4. PMK and a 4-way handshake are used between the WN and the AP to derive, bind, and verify a Pairwise Transient Key (PTK). The PTK is a collection of operational keys:

    • Key Confirmation Key (KCK), as the name implies, is used to prove the posession of the PMK and to bind the PMK to the AP.

    • Key Encryption Key (KEK) is used to distributed the Group Transient Key (GTK). Described below.

    • Temporal Key 1 & 2 (TK1/TK2) are used for encryption. Usage of TK1 and TK2 is ciphersuite-specific.

    See figure PKH for a overview of the Pairwise Key Hierarchy.

  5. The KEK and a 4-way group handshake are then used to send the Group Transient Key (GTK) from the AP to the WN. The GTK is a shared key among all Supplicants connected to the same Authenticator, and is used to secure multicast/broadcast traffic.

Figure PKH: Pairwise Key Hierarchy

1.2.3.2. Pre-shared Key

For small office / home office (SOHO), ad-hoc networks or home usage, a pre-shared key (PSK) may be used. When using PSK, the whole 802.1X authentication process is elided. This has also been called "WPA Personal" (WPA-PSK), whereas WPA using EAP (and RADIUS) is "WPA Enterprise" or just "WPA".

The 256-bit PSK is generated from a given password using PBKDFv2 from [RFC2898], and is used as the Master Key (MK) described in the key management regime above. It can be one single PSK for the whole network (insecure), or one PSK per Supplicant (more secure).

1.2.4. TSN (WPA) / RSN (WPA2)

The industry didn't have time to wait until the 802.11i standard was completed. They wanted the WEP issues fixed now! Wi-Fi Alliance felt the pressure, took a "snapshot" of the standard (based on draft 3), and called it Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA). One requirement was that existing 802.11 equipment could be used with WPA, so WPA is basically TKIP + 802.1X.

WPA is not the long term solution. To get a Robust Secure Network (RSN), the hardware must support and use CCMP. RSN is basically CCMP + 802.1X.

RSN, which uses TKIP instead of CCMP, is also called Transition Security Network (TSN). RSN may also be called WPA2, so that the market don't get confused.

Confused?

Basically:

  • TSN = TKIP + 802.1X = WPA(1)

  • RSN = CCMP + 802.1X = WPA2

In addition comes key management, as described in the previous section.

1.3. What is EAP?

Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) [RFC 3748] is just the transport protocol optimized for authentication, not the authentication method itself:

" [EAP is] an authentication framework which supports multiple authentication methods. EAP typically runs directly over data link layers such as Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) or IEEE 802, without requiring IP. EAP provides its own support for duplicate elimination and retransmission, but is reliant on lower layer ordering guarantees. Fragmentation is not supported within EAP itself; however, individual EAP methods may support this." --- RFC 3748, page 3

1.4. EAP authentication methods

Since 802.1X is using EAP, multiple different authentication schemes may be added, including smart cards, Kerberos, public key, one time passwords, and others.

Some of the most-used EAP authentication mechanism are listed below. A full list of registered EAP authentication types is available at IANA: http://www.iana.org/assignments/eap-numbers.

Warning

Not all authentication mechanisms are considered secure!

  • EAP-MD5: MD5-Challenge requires username/password, and is equivalent to the PPP CHAP protocol [RFC1994]. This method does not provide dictionary attack resistance, mutual authentication, or key derivation, and has therefore little use in a wireless authentication enviroment.

  • Lightweight EAP (LEAP): A username/password combination is sent to a Authentication Server (RADIUS) for authentication. Leap is a proprietary protocol developed by Cisco, and is not considered secure. Cisco is phasing out LEAP in favor of PEAP. The closest thing to a published standard can be found here.

  • EAP-TLS: Creates a TLS session within EAP, between the Supplicant and the Authentication Server. Both the server and the client(s) need a valid (x509) certificate, and therefore a PKI. This method provides authentication both ways. EAP-TLS is described in [RFC2716].

  • EAP-TTLS: Sets up a encrypted TLS-tunnel for safe transport of authentication data. Within the TLS tunnel, (any) other authentication methods may be used. Developed by Funk Software and Meetinghouse, and is currently an IETF draft.

  • Protected EAP (PEAP): Uses, as EAP-TTLS, an encrypted TLS-tunnel. Supplicant certificates for both EAP-TTLS and EAP-PEAP are optional, but server (AS) certificates are required. Developed by Microsoft, Cisco, and RSA Security, and is currently an IETF draft.

  • EAP-MSCHAPv2: Requires username/password, and is basically an EAP encapsulation of MS-CHAP-v2 [RFC2759]. Usually used inside of a PEAP-encrypted tunnel. Developed by Microsoft, and is currently an IETF draft.

1.5. What is RADIUS?

Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) is defined in [RFC2865] (with friends), and was primarily used by ISPs who authenticated username and password before the user got authorized to use the ISP's network.

802.1X does not specify what kind of back-end authentication server must be present, but RADIUS is the "de-facto" back-end authentication server used in 802.1X.

There are not many AAA protocols available, but both RADIUS and DIAMETER [RFC3588] (including their extensions) conform to full AAA support. AAA stands for Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (IETF's AAA Working Group).

2. Obtaining Certificates

Note

OpenSSL must be installed to use either EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, or PEAP!

When using EAP-TLS, both the Authentication Server and all the Supplicants (clients) need certificates [RFC2459] . Using EAP-TTLS or PEAP, only the Authentication Server requires certificates; Supplicant certificates are optional.

You get certificates from the local certificate authority (CA). If there is no local CA available, OpenSSL may be used to generate self-signed certificates.

Included with the FreeRADIUS source are some helper scripts to generate self-signed certificates. The scripts are located under the scripts/ folder included with the FreeRADIUS source:

CA.all is a shell script that generates certificates based on some questions it ask. CA.certs generates certificates non-interactively based on pre-defined information at the start of the script.

Note

The scripts uses a Perl script called CA.pl, included with OpenSSL. The path to this Perl script in CA.all and CA.certs may need to be changed to make it work.

Tip

More information on how to generate your own certificates can be found in the SSL certificates HOWTO.

3. Authentication Server: Setting up FreeRADIUS

FreeRADIUS is a fully GPLed RADIUS server implementation. It supports a wide range of authentication mechanisms, but PEAP is used for the example in this document.

3.1. Installing FreeRADIUS

Installing FreeRADIUS

  1. Head over to the FreeRADIUS site, http://www.freeradius.org/, and download the latest release. 

    
   # cd /usr/local/src
   # wget ftp://ftp.freeradius.org/pub/radius/freeradius-1.0.0.tar.gz
   # tar zxfv freeradius-1.0.0.tar.gz
   # cd freeradius-1.0.0

  2. Configure, make and install: 

    
    # ./configure
    # make
    # make install

    You can pass options to configure. Use ./configure --help or read the README file, for more information.

The binaries are installed in /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin. The configuration files are found under /usr/local/etc/raddb.

If something went wrong, check the INSTALL and README included with the source. The RADIUS FAQ also contains valuable information.

3.2. Configuring FreeRADIUS

FreeRADIUS has a big and mighty configuration file. It's so big, it has been split into several smaller files that are just "included" into the main radius.conf file.

There is numerous ways of using and setting up FreeRADIUS to do what you want: i.e., fetch user information from LDAP, SQL, PDC, Kerberos, etc. In this document, user information from a plain text file, users, is used.

Tip

The configuration files are thoroughly commented, and, if that is not enough, the doc/ folder that comes with the source contains additional information.

Configuring FreeRADIUS

  1. The configuration files can be found under /usr/local/etc/raddb/ 

    
    # cd /usr/local/etc/raddb/

  2. Open the main configuration file radiusd.conf, and read the comments! Inside the encrypted PEAP tunnel, an MS-CHAPv2 authentication mechanism is used.

    1. MPPE [RFC3078] is responsible for sending the PMK to the AP. Make sure the following settings are set: 

      
    # under MODULES, make sure mschap is uncommented!
    mschap {
      # authtype value, if present, will be used
      # to overwrite (or add) Auth-Type during
      # authorization. Normally, should be MS-CHAP
      authtype = MS-CHAP

      # if use_mppe is not set to no, mschap will
      # add MS-CHAP-MPPE-Keys for MS-CHAPv1 and
      # MS-MPPE-Recv-Key/MS-MPPE-Send-Key for MS-CHAPv2
      #
      use_mppe = yes

      # if mppe is enabled, require_encryption makes
      # encryption moderate
      #
      require_encryption = yes

      # require_strong always requires 128 bit key
      # encryption
      #
      require_strong = yes

      authtype = MS-CHAP
      # The module can perform authentication itself, OR
      # use a Windows Domain Controller. See the radius.conf file
      # for how to do this.
    }

    2. Also make sure the "authorize" and "authenticate" contains: 

      
    authorize {
        preprocess
        mschap
	suffix
	eap
	files
    }
    
    authenticate {
         
         #
         #  MSCHAP authentication.    
         Auth-Type MS-CHAP {
               mschap
          }
	
	 #
         #  Allow EAP authentication.
         eap
     }

  3. Then, change the clients.conf file to specify what network it's serving: 

    
   # Here, we specify which network we're serving
   client 192.168.0.0/16 { 
        # This is the shared secret between the Authenticator (the 
	# access point) and the Authentication Server (RADIUS).
        secret          = SharedSecret99
        shortname       = testnet
    }

  4. The eap.conf should also be pretty straightforward.

    1. Set "default_eap_type" to "peap": 

      
      default_eap_type = peap

    2. Since PEAP is using TLS, the TLS section must contain: 

      
    tls { 
        # The private key password
        private_key_password = SecretKeyPass77
	# The private key
        private_key_file = ${raddbdir}/certs/cert-srv.pem
        #  Trusted Root CA list
        CA_file = ${raddbdir}/certs/demoCA/cacert.pem
        dh_file = ${raddbdir}/certs/dh
        random_file = /dev/urandom
	}

    3. Find the "peap" section, and make sure it contain the following: 

      
      peap {
        #  The tunneled EAP session needs a default
        #  EAP type, which is separate from the one for
        #  the non-tunneled EAP module.  Inside of the
        #  PEAP tunnel, we recommend using MS-CHAPv2,
        #  as that is the default type supported by
        #  Windows clients.
        default_eap_type = mschapv2
      }

  5. The user information is stored in a plain text file users. A more sophisticated solution to store user information may be preferred (SQL, LDAP, PDC, etc.).

    Make sure the users file contains the following entry: 

    
   "testuser"      User-Password == "Secret149"

4. Supplicant: Setting up Xsupplicant

The Supplicant is usually a laptop or other (wireless) device that requires authentication. Xsupplicant does the bidding of being the "Supplicant" part of the IEEE 802.1X-2001 standard.

4.1. Installing Xsupplicant

Installing Xsupplicant

  1. Download the latest source from from http://www.open1x.org/ 

    
    # cd /usr/local/src
    # wget http://belnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/open1x/xsupplicant-1.0.tar.gz
    # tar zxfv xsupplicant-1.0.tar.gz
    # cd xsupplicant

  2. Configure, make, and install: 

    
    # ./configure
    # make
    # make install

  3. If the configuration file wasn't installed (copied) into the "etc" folder, do it manually: 

    
    # mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/1x
    # cp etc/tls-example.conf /usr/local/etc/1x

If installation fails, check the README and INSTALL files included with the source. You may also check out the official documentation.

4.2. Configuring Xsupplicant

Configuring Xsupplicant

  1. The Supplicant must have access to the root certificate.

    If the Supplicant needs to authenticate against the Authentication Server (authentication both ways), the Supplicant must have certificates as well.

    Create a certificate folder, and move the certificates into it: 

    
    # mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/1x/certs
    # cp root.pem /usr/local/etc/1x/certs/
    # (copy optional client certificate(s) into the same folder)

  2. Open and edit the configuration file: 

    
   # startup_command: the command to run when Xsupplicant is first started.
   #   This command can do things such as configure the card to associate with
   #   the network properly.
   startup_command = <BEGIN_COMMAND>/usr/local/etc/1x/startup.sh<END_COMMAND>

    The startup.sh will be created shortly.

  3. When the client is authenticated, it will transmit a DHCP request or manually set an IP address. Here, the Supplicant sets its IP address manually in startup2.sh: 

    
   # first_auth_command: the command to run when Xsupplicant authenticates to
   #   a wireless network for the first time.  This will usually be used to
   #   start a DHCP client process.
   #first_auth_command = <BEGIN_COMMAND>dhclient %i<END_COMMAND>
   first_auth_command = <BEGIN_COMMAND>/usr/local/etc/1x/startup2.sh<END_COMMAND>

  4. Since "-i" is just for debugging purpose (and may go away according to the developers), "allow_interfaces" must be set: 

    
   allow_interfaces = eth0
   deny_interfaces = eth1

  5. Next, under the "NETWORK SECTION", we'll configure PEAP: 

    
   # We'll be using PEAP
   allow_types = eap_peap

   # Don't want any eavesdropper to learn the username during the
   # first phase (which is unencrypted), so 'identity hiding' is 
   # used (using a bogus username).
   identity = <BEGIN_ID>anonymous<END_ID>

   eap-peap {
      # As in tls, define either a root certificate or a directory
      # containing root certificates.
      root_cert = /usr/local/etc/1x/certs/root.pem
      #root_dir = /path/to/root/certificate/dir
      #crl_dir = /path/to/dir/with/crl
      chunk_size = 1398
      random_file = /dev/urandom
      #cncheck = myradius.radius.com   # Verify that the server certificate
                                       # has this value in its CN field.
      #cnexact = yes                   # Should it be an exact match?
      session_resume = yes

      # Currently 'all' is just mschapv2.
      # If no allow_types is defined, all is assumed.
      #allow_types = all # where all = MSCHAPv2, MD5, OTP, GTC, SIM
      allow_types = eap_mschapv2

      # Right now, you can do any of these methods in PEAP:
      eap-mschapv2 {
        username = <BEGIN_UNAME>testuser<END_UNAME>
        password = <BEGIN_PASS>Secret149<END_PASS>
      }
   }

  6. The Supplicant must first associate with the access point. The script startup.sh does that job. It is also the first command Xsupplicant executes.

    Note

    Notice the bogus key we give to iwconfig (enc 000000000)! This key is used to tell the driver to run in encrypted mode. The key gets replaced after successful authentication. This can be set to enc off only if encryption is disabled in the AP (for testing purposes).

    Both startup.sh and startup2.sh must be saved under /usr/local/etc/1x/. 

    
   #!/bin/bash
   echo "Starting startup.sh"
   # Take down interface (if it's up)
   /sbin/ifconfig eth0 down
   # To make sure the routes are flushed
   sleep 1
   # Configuring the interface with a bogus key
   /sbin/iwconfig eth0 mode managed essid testnet enc 000000000
   # Bring the interface up and make sure it listens to multicast packets
   /sbin/ifconfig eth0 allmulti up
   echo "Finished startup.sh"

  7. This next file is used to set the IP address statically. This can be omitted if a DHCP server is present (as it typically is, in many access points). 

    
   #!/bin/bash
   echo "Starting startup2.sh"
   # Assigning an IP address
   /sbin/ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.5 netmask 255.255.255.0
   echo "Finished startup2.sh"

5. Authenticator: Setting up the Authenticator (Access Point)

During the authentication process, the Authenticator just relays all messages between the Supplicant and the Authentication Server (RADIUS). EAPOL is used between the Supplicant and the Authenticator; and, between the Authenticator and the Authentication Server, UDP is used.

5.1. Access Point

Many access point have support for 802.1X (and RADIUS) authentication. It must first be configured to use 802.1X authentication.

Note

Configuring and setting up 802.1X on the AP may differ between vendors. Listed below are the required settings to make a Cisco AP350 work. Other settings to TIKP, CCMP etc. may also be configured.

The AP must set the ESSID to "testnet" and must activate:

Figure AP350: The RADIUS configuration screen for a Cisco AP-350

  • 802.1X-2001: Make sure the 802.1X Protocol version is set to "802.1X-2001". Some older Access Points support only the draft version of the 802.1X standard (and may therefore not work).

  • RADIUS Server: the name/IP address of the RADIUS server and the shared secret between the RADIUS server and the Access Point (which in this document is "SharedSecret99"). See figure AP350.

  • EAP Authentication: The RADIUS server should be used for EAP authentication.

Figure AP350-2: The Encryption configuration screen for a Cisco AP-350

  • Full Encryption to allow only encrypted traffic. Note that 802.1X may be used without using encryption, which is nice for test purposes.

  • Open Authentication to make the Supplicant associate with the Access Point before encryption keys are available. Once the association is done, the Supplicant may start EAP authentication.

  • Require EAP for the "Open Authentication". That will ensure that only authenticated users are allowed into the network.

5.2. Linux Authenticator

An ordinary Linux node can be set up to function as a wireless Access Point and Authenticator. How to set up and use Linux as an AP is beyond the scope of this document. Simon Anderson's Linux Wireless Access Point HOWTO may be of guidance.

6. Testbed

6.1. Testcase

figure testbed: A wireless node request authentication.

Our testbed consists of two nodes and one Access Point (AP). One node functions as the Supplicant (WN), the other as the back-end Authentication Server running RADIUS (AS). The Access Point is the Authenticator. See figure testbed for explanation.

Important

It is crucial that the Access Point be able to reach (ping) the Authentication Server, and vice versa!

6.2. Running some tests

Running some tests

  1. The RADIUS server is started in debug mode. This produces a lot of debug information. The important snippets are below: 

    
  # radiusd -X
  Starting - reading configuration files ...
  reread_config:  reading radiusd.conf
  Config:   including file: /usr/local/etc/raddb/proxy.conf
  Config:   including file: /usr/local/etc/raddb/clients.conf
  Config:   including file: /usr/local/etc/raddb/snmp.conf
  Config:   including file: /usr/local/etc/raddb/eap.conf
  Config:   including file: /usr/local/etc/raddb/sql.conf
  ......
  Module: Loaded MS-CHAP 
   mschap: use_mppe = yes
   mschap: require_encryption = no
   mschap: require_strong = no
   mschap: with_ntdomain_hack = no
   mschap: passwd = "(null)"
   mschap: authtype = "MS-CHAP"
   mschap: ntlm_auth = "(null)"
  Module: Instantiated mschap (mschap)
  ......
  Module: Loaded eap 
   eap: default_eap_type = "peap" (1)
   eap: timer_expire = 60
   eap: ignore_unknown_eap_types = no
   eap: cisco_accounting_username_bug = no
  rlm_eap: Loaded and initialized type md5
   tls: rsa_key_exchange = no (2)
   tls: dh_key_exchange = yes
   tls: rsa_key_length = 512
   tls: dh_key_length = 512
   tls: verify_depth = 0
   tls: CA_path = "(null)"
   tls: pem_file_type = yes
   tls: private_key_file = "/usr/local/etc/raddb/certs/cert-srv.pem"
   tls: certificate_file = "/usr/local/etc/raddb/certs/cert-srv.pem"
   tls: CA_file = "/usr/local/etc/raddb/certs/demoCA/cacert.pem"
   tls: private_key_password = "SecretKeyPass77"
   tls: dh_file = "/usr/local/etc/raddb/certs/dh"
   tls: random_file = "/usr/local/etc/raddb/certs/random"
   tls: fragment_size = 1024
   tls: include_length = yes
   tls: check_crl = no
   tls: check_cert_cn = "(null)"
  rlm_eap: Loaded and initialized type tls
   peap: default_eap_type = "mschapv2" (3)
   peap: copy_request_to_tunnel = no
   peap: use_tunneled_reply = no
   peap: proxy_tunneled_request_as_eap = yes
  rlm_eap: Loaded and initialized type peap
   mschapv2: with_ntdomain_hack = no
  rlm_eap: Loaded and initialized type mschapv2
  Module: Instantiated eap (eap) 
  ......
  Module: Loaded files 
   files: usersfile = "/usr/local/etc/raddb/users" (4)
  ...... 
  Module: Instantiated radutmp (radutmp) 
  Listening on authentication *:1812
  Listening on accounting *:1813
  Ready to process requests. (5)
    (1)
    Default EAP type is set to PEAP.
    (2)
    RADIUS's TLS settings are initiated here. The certificate type, location, and password are listet here.
    (3)
    Inside the PEAP tunnel, MS-CHAPv2 is used.
    (4)
    The username/password information is found in the users file.
    (5)
    RADIUS server started successfully. Waiting for incoming requests.

    The radius server is now ready to process requests!

    The most interesting output is included above. If you get any error message instead of the last line, go over the configuration (above) carefully.

  2. Now the Supplicant is ready to get authenticated. Start Xsupplicant in debug mode. Note that we'll see output produced by the two startup scripts: startup.sh and startup2.sh. 

    
  # xsupplicant -c /usr/local/etc/1x/1x.conf -i eth0 -d 6
  Starting /etc/1x/startup.sh
  Finished /etc/1x/startup.sh
  Starting /etc/1x/startup2.sh
  Finished /etc/1x/startup2.sh

  3. At the same time, the RADIUS server is producing a lot of output. Key snippets are shown below: 

    
  ......
  rlm_eap: Request found, released from the list
  rlm_eap: EAP/peap
  rlm_eap: processing type peap
  rlm_eap_peap: Authenticate
  rlm_eap_tls: processing TLS (1)
  eaptls_verify returned 7 
  rlm_eap_tls: Done initial handshake 
  eaptls_process returned 7 
  rlm_eap_peap: EAPTLS_OK (2)
  rlm_eap_peap: Session established.  Decoding tunneled attributes.
  rlm_eap_peap: Received EAP-TLV response.
  rlm_eap_peap: Tunneled data is valid.
  rlm_eap_peap: Success
  rlm_eap: Freeing handler
  modcall[authenticate]: module "eap" returns ok for request 8
modcall: group authenticate returns ok for request 8
Login OK: [testuser/<no User-Password attribute>] (from client testnet port 37 cli 0002a56fa08a)
Sending Access-Accept of id 8 to 192.168.2.1:1032 (3)
	MS-MPPE-Recv-Key = 0xf21757b96f52ddaefe084c343778d0082c2c8e12ce18ae10a79c550ae61a5206 (4)
	MS-MPPE-Send-Key = 0x5e1321e06a45f7ac9f78fb9d398cab5556bff6c9d003cdf8161683bfb7e7af18 
	EAP-Message = 0x030a0004
	Message-Authenticator = 0x00000000000000000000000000000000
	User-Name = "testuser"
    (1)
    TLS session startup. Doing TLS-handshake.
    (2)
    The TLS session (PEAP-encrypted tunnel) is up.
    (3)
    The Supplicant has been authenticated successfully by the RADIUS server. An "Access-Accept" message is sent.
    (4)
    The MS-MPPE-Recv-Key [RFC2548 section 2.4.3] contains the Pairwise Master Key (PMK) destined to the Authenticator (access point), encrypted with the MPPE Protocol [RFC3078], using the shared secret between the Authenticator and Authentication Server as key. The Supplicant derives the same PMK from MK, as described in Key Management.

  4. The Authenticator (access point) may also show something like this in its log: 

    
  00:02:16 (Info): Station 0002a56fa08a Associated
  00:02:17 (Info): Station=0002a56fa08a User="testuser" EAP-Authenticated

That's it! The Supplicant is now authenticated to use the Access Point!

7. Note about driver support and Xsupplicant

As described in Key Management, one of the big advantages of using Dynamic WEP/802.11i with 802.1X is the support for session keys. A new encryption key is generated for each session.

Xsupplicant only supports "Dynamic WEP" as of this writing. Support for WPA and RSN/WPA2 (802.11i) is being worked on, and is estimated to be supported at the end of the year/early next year (2004/2005), according to Chris Hessing (one of the Xsupplicants developers).

Not all wireless drives support dynamic WEP, nor WPA. To use RSN (WPA2), new support in hardware may even be required. Many older drivers assume only one WEP key will be used on the network at any time. The card is reset whenever the key is changed to let the new key take effect. This triggers a new authentication, and there is a never-ending loop.

At the time of writing, most of the wireless drivers in the base Linux kernel require patching to make dynamic WEP/WPA work. They will, in time, be upgraded to support these new features. Many drivers developed outside the kernel, however, support for dynamic WEP; HostAP, madwifi, Orinoco, and atmel should work without problems.

Instead of using Xsupplicant, wpa_supplicant may be used. It has support for both WPA and RSN (WPA2), and a wide range of EAP authentication methods.

8. FAQ

Do not forget to check out the FAQ section of both the FreeRADIUS (highly recommended!) and Xsupplicant Web sites!

8.1. Is it possible to allow user-specific Xsupplicant configuration, to avoid having a global configuration file?
8.2. I don't want to use PEAP; can I use EAP-TTLS or EAP-TLS instead?
8.3. Can I use a Windows Supplicant (client) instead of GNU/Linux?
8.4. Can I use a Active Directory to authenticate users?
8.5. Is there any Windows Supplicant clients available?

8.1. Is it possible to allow user-specific Xsupplicant configuration, to avoid having a global configuration file?

No, not at the moment.

8.2. I don't want to use PEAP; can I use EAP-TTLS or EAP-TLS instead?

Yes. To use EAP-TTLS, only small changes to the configuration used in this document are required. To use EAP-TLS, client certificates must be used as well.

8.3. Can I use a Windows Supplicant (client) instead of GNU/Linux?

Yes. Windows XP SP1/Windows 2000 SP3 has support for PEAP MSCHAPv2 (used in this document). A Windows HOWTO can be found here: FreeRADIUS/WinXP Authentication Setup

8.4. Can I use a Active Directory to authenticate users?

Yes. FreeRADIUS can authenticate users from AD by using "ntlm_auth".

8.5. Is there any Windows Supplicant clients available?

Yes. As of Windows XP SP1 or Windows 2000 SP3, support for WPA (PEAP/MS-CHAPv2) is supported. Other clients include (not tested) Secure W2 (free for non-commercial) and WIRE1X. Funk Software also has a commercial client available.

9. Useful Resources

Only IEEE standards older than 12 months are available to the public in general (through the "Get IEEE 802 Program"). So the new 802.11i and 802.1X-2004 standards documents are not available. You must be a IEEE participant to get hold of any drafts/work in progress papers (which actually isn't that hard - just join a mailing list and say you are interested).

  1. FreeRADIUS Server Project http://www.freeradius.org/

  2. Open1x: Open Source implementation of IEEE 802.1X (Xsupplicant) http://www.open1x.org/

  3. The Open1x User's Guide http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=23371&group_id=60236

  4. Port-Based Network Access Control (802.1X-2001) http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/download/802.1X-2001.pdf

  5. RFC2246: The TLS Protocol Version 1.0 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2246.txt

  6. RFC2459: Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure - Certificate and CRL Profile http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2459.txt

  7. RFC2548: Microsoft Vendor-specific RADIUS Attributes http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2548.txt

  8. RFC2716: PPP EAP TLS Authentication Protocol http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2716.txt

  9. RFC2865: Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2865.txt

  10. RFC3079: Deriving Keys for use with Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption (MPPE) http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3079.txt

  11. RFC3579: RADIUS Support For EAP http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3579.txt

  12. RFC3580: IEEE 802.1X RADIUS Usage Guidelines http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3580.txt

  13. RFC3588: Diameter Base Protocol http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3588.txt

  14. RFC3610: Counter with CBC-MAC (CCM) http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3610.txt

  15. RFC3748: Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3748.txt

  16. Linux Wireless Access Point HOWTO http://oob.freeshell.org/nzwireless/LWAP-HOWTO.html

  17. SSL Certificates HOWTO http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/SSL-Certificates-HOWTO/

  18. OpenSSL: x509(1) http://www.openssl.org/docs/apps/x509.html

10. Copyright, acknowledgments and miscellaneous

10.1. Copyright and License

Copyright (c) 2004 Lars Strand.

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

10.2. How this document was produced

This document was written in DocBook XML using Emacs.

10.3. Feedback

Suggestions, corrections, additions wanted. Contributors wanted and acknowledged. Flames not wanted.

I can always be reached at

Homepage: http://www.gnist.org/~lars/

10.4. Acknowledgments

Thanks to Andreas Hafslund and Thales Communication for initial support.

Also thanks to Artur Hecker , Chris Hessing , Jouni Malinen and Terry Simons for valuable feedback!

Thanks to Rick Moen for doing a language review!

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