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
- 4. Supplicant: Setting up 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
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