Re: Freeradius + MySql + Wireless Clients without certificates

2010-09-14 Thread Alan Buxey
Hi,

> I agree for the most part.  However, captive portals will still be in
> use for guest access.  There's less administrative and helpdesk overhead
> for this type of deployment.
> 
> On windows machines, the CA/cert trust has to be explicitly enabled.
> This can be a barrier for un-managed and non-employee machines.

so visitors get a nice easy coffee-shop way onto the network whilst
employees have to suffer the wrath of 21 steps of PEAP hell?  nah. thats just 
not fair.


there are several tools developing nicely which make getting onto
an 802.1X network nice and easy for all peoplestaff, students or
visitors - eg Cloudpath and su1x - with these, there is no nasty CA/cert trust
for a visitor to deal with. 

and if they cannot get onto the supplied network, then theres always a 
commercial link or 3G dongle option (most modern 'road warriors' have
eg 3G dongle or MiFi in their pocket to avoid stupid wifi charges
at hotels ;-) )

alan
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Re: Freeradius + MySql + Wireless Clients without certificates

2010-09-14 Thread Kevin Ehlers
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On 9/14/10 11:38 AM, Alan Buxey wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>>> I´ll like to know if there is a way to configurates a Radius server + Mysql
>>> to authenticate Wireless clients via a Cisco AP without  certificates (EAP
>>> TLS), only a username and password
> 
> yes. we use Cisco APs - we used to use them in autonomous mode but moved to 
> the 
> lightweight LWAPP (now CAPWAP) mode a few years back.
> 
> I would not recommend broken captive portals. 802.1X is the way forward
> (and is now beign mandated by several government and education procurement
> systems around the world - expect any half-decent auditor to pick up on this 
> too.
> for EAP, you can use EAP-PEAP or EAP-TTLS - in which your RADIUS server
> has a certificate signed by a CA. the clients dont need certificates, they
> just need to have the CA on them that signed the RADIUS server (for trust!)

I agree for the most part.  However, captive portals will still be in
use for guest access.  There's less administrative and helpdesk overhead
for this type of deployment.

On windows machines, the CA/cert trust has to be explicitly enabled.
This can be a barrier for un-managed and non-employee machines.

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Re: Freeradius + MySql + Wireless Clients without certificates

2010-09-14 Thread Alan Buxey
Hi,

> > I´ll like to know if there is a way to configurates a Radius server + Mysql
> > to authenticate Wireless clients via a Cisco AP without  certificates (EAP
> > TLS), only a username and password

yes. we use Cisco APs - we used to use them in autonomous mode but moved to the 
lightweight LWAPP (now CAPWAP) mode a few years back.

I would not recommend broken captive portals. 802.1X is the way forward
(and is now beign mandated by several government and education procurement
systems around the world - expect any half-decent auditor to pick up on this 
too.
for EAP, you can use EAP-PEAP or EAP-TTLS - in which your RADIUS server
has a certificate signed by a CA. the clients dont need certificates, they
just need to have the CA on them that signed the RADIUS server (for trust!)

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Re: Freeradius + MySql + Wireless Clients without certificates

2010-09-14 Thread John Dennis

On 09/14/2010 11:53 AM, Esteban TALAVERA wrote:

Thanks

Is an autonomous AP.
I'll try Freeradius+MySql+EAP-TLS schema.


Huh? What's that?

As has been pointed previously you must have a server cert if you're 
doing TLS.


In addition the server cert should be signed by a trusted CA and the 
supplicant should validate the cert (anything less would be a ridiculous 
 security risk).


No amount of fudging the server configuration is going to magically 
modify the fundamental requirements of TLS. If you don't want to set up 
a server cert forget about supporting PEAP, EAP_TLS, etc. (which means 
most Windows clients will not work).


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Re: Freeradius + MySql + Wireless Clients without certificates

2010-09-14 Thread Esteban TALAVERA
Thanks

Is an autonomous AP.
I'll try Freeradius+MySql+EAP-TLS schema.



On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Kevin Ehlers  wrote:

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> On 9/13/10 3:40 PM, Esteban TALAVERA wrote:
> > I´ll like to know if there is a way to configurates a Radius server +
> Mysql
> > to authenticate Wireless clients via a Cisco AP without  certificates
> (EAP
> > TLS), only a username and password
>
> Are you using an autonomous AP or a lightweight AP with a controller?
> If you have a controller, you can do webauth.  For webauth, the only
> certificate required is the one for https/ssl.  If it's an autonomous
> system, then you could place clients on a vlan and make them go through
> and authentication gateway.
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Re: Freeradius + MySql + Wireless Clients without certificates

2010-09-14 Thread Kevin Ehlers
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On 9/13/10 3:40 PM, Esteban TALAVERA wrote:
> I´ll like to know if there is a way to configurates a Radius server + Mysql
> to authenticate Wireless clients via a Cisco AP without  certificates (EAP
> TLS), only a username and password

Are you using an autonomous AP or a lightweight AP with a controller?
If you have a controller, you can do webauth.  For webauth, the only
certificate required is the one for https/ssl.  If it's an autonomous
system, then you could place clients on a vlan and make them go through
and authentication gateway.

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Re: Freeradius + MySql + Wireless Clients without certificates

2010-09-14 Thread Esteban TALAVERA
Thanks, yoy're rigth.  I'ill continue this way, the problem is not the
"effort", but I was trying to complete the picture
Freeradius+MySql+EAP_TLS+Cisco AP without success.
Keep trying...


On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 5:25 AM, Alan Buxey  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> > I´ll like to know if there is a way to configurates a Radius server +
> Mysql to authenticate Wireless clients via a Cisco AP without  certificates
> (EAP TLS), only a username and password
>
> err, EAP needs certs..thats a fundamental building block. the RADIUS server
> needs to be signed by a CA
> and the client needs to have that CA installed onto it. you can make things
> easier by getting your RADIUS
> server signed by a CA that is built into most of your clients - eg get a
> thawte or verisign signed cert.
>
> its a BAD BAD thing not to enable radius server checking and CA checking on
> your client. the
> public key infrastructure is a major part of the security of 802.1X and if
> you thinks its 'too much effort'
> then I'll show you a nasty man-in-middle fake AP and radius server that
> will get all your users usernames
> and passwords. all run in a 512Mb VM on a basic laptop  :-(
>
>
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Re: Freeradius + MySql + Wireless Clients without certificates

2010-09-14 Thread Alan Buxey
Hi,

> I´ll like to know if there is a way to configurates a Radius server + Mysql 
> to authenticate Wireless clients via a Cisco AP without  certificates (EAP 
> TLS), only a username and password

err, EAP needs certs..thats a fundamental building block. the RADIUS server 
needs to be signed by a CA
and the client needs to have that CA installed onto it. you can make things 
easier by getting your RADIUS
server signed by a CA that is built into most of your clients - eg get a thawte 
or verisign signed cert.

its a BAD BAD thing not to enable radius server checking and CA checking on 
your client. the 
public key infrastructure is a major part of the security of 802.1X and if you 
thinks its 'too much effort'
then I'll show you a nasty man-in-middle fake AP and radius server that will 
get all your users usernames
and passwords. all run in a 512Mb VM on a basic laptop  :-(


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Re: Freeradius + MySql + Wireless Clients without certificates

2010-09-13 Thread Esteban TALAVERA
Hi Marten

You mean configuring freeradius for EAP-PEAP its not necessary to creates
certificates?

Its possible to use with CISCO AP as NAS?

Thanks


On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Marten Pape  wrote:

>  Hi Esteban,
> this can be done via EAP-PEAP or EAP-TTLS, but not directly via TLS.
>
> Regards,
> Marten Pape
>
> Esteban TALAVERA schrieb:
>
> Hi
>
>  I´ll like to know if there is a way to configurates a Radius server +
> Mysql to authenticate Wireless clients via a Cisco AP without  certificates
> (EAP TLS), only a username and password
>
>
>
>  Thanks
>
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Re: Freeradius + MySql + Wireless Clients without certificates

2010-09-13 Thread Marten Pape
Hi Esteban,
this can be done via EAP-PEAP or EAP-TTLS, but not directly via TLS.

Regards,
Marten Pape

Esteban TALAVERA schrieb:
> Hi
>
> I´ll like to know if there is a way to configurates a Radius server +
> Mysql to authenticate Wireless clients via a Cisco AP without
>  certificates (EAP TLS), only a username and password
>
>
>
> Thanks 
>
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