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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
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.
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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 next >