<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >802.1X Port-Based Authentication HOWTO</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="intro.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="article" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="title" ><A NAME="AEN2" ></A >802.1X Port-Based Authentication HOWTO</H1 ><H3 CLASS="author" ><A NAME="AEN5" >Lars Strand</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="affiliation" ><DIV CLASS="address" ><P CLASS="address" ><TT CLASS="email" ><<A HREF="mailto:lars strand (at) gnist org" >lars strand (at) gnist org</A >></TT ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><P CLASS="pubdate" >2004-08-18<BR></P ><DIV CLASS="revhistory" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" ><B >Revision History</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.0</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2004-10-18</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: LKS</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Initial Release, reviewed by TLDP.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 0.2b</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2004-10-13</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: LKS</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Various updates. Thanks to Rick Moen <rick (at) linuxmafia com> for language review.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 0.0</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2004-07-23</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: LKS</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Initial draft.</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="abstract" ><A NAME="AEN32" ></A ><P ></P ><P > This document describes the software and procedures to set up and use <A HREF="http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/download/802.1X-2001.pdf" TARGET="_top" >IEEE 802.1X Port-Based Network Access Control</A > using <A HREF="http://www.open1x.org" TARGET="_top" ><SPAN CLASS="application" >Xsupplicant</SPAN ></A > as Supplicant with <A HREF="http://www.freeradius.org" TARGET="_top" ><SPAN CLASS="application" >FreeRADIUS</SPAN ></A > as a back-end Authentication Server. </P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="intro.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A HREF="intro.html#what8021x" >What is 802.1X?</A ></DT ><DT >1.2. <A HREF="intro.html#what80211i" >What is 802.11i?</A ></DT ><DT >1.3. <A HREF="intro.html#EAP" >What is EAP?</A ></DT ><DT >1.4. <A HREF="intro.html#auth" >EAP authentication methods</A ></DT ><DT >1.5. <A HREF="intro.html#AAA" >What is RADIUS?</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A HREF="cert.html" >Obtaining Certificates</A ></DT ><DT >3. <A HREF="freeradius.html" >Authentication Server: Setting up FreeRADIUS</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >3.1. <A HREF="freeradius.html#instradius" >Installing FreeRADIUS</A ></DT ><DT >3.2. <A HREF="freeradius.html#confradius" >Configuring FreeRADIUS</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >4. <A HREF="xsupplicant.html" >Supplicant: Setting up Xsupplicant</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >4.1. <A HREF="xsupplicant.html#instxsup" >Installing Xsupplicant</A ></DT ><DT >4.2. <A HREF="xsupplicant.html#confxsup" >Configuring Xsupplicant</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >5. <A HREF="authenticator.html" >Authenticator: Setting up the Authenticator (Access Point)</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >5.1. <A HREF="authenticator.html#AP" >Access Point</A ></DT ><DT >5.2. <A HREF="authenticator.html#LinuxAP" >Linux Authenticator</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >6. <A HREF="testbed.html" >Testbed</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >6.1. <A HREF="testbed.html#testcase" >Testcase</A ></DT ><DT >6.2. <A HREF="testbed.html#startrad" >Running some tests</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >7. <A HREF="dynwep.html" >Note about driver support and Xsupplicant</A ></DT ><DT >8. <A HREF="faq.html" >FAQ</A ></DT ><DT >9. <A HREF="resources.html" >Useful Resources</A ></DT ><DT >10. <A HREF="copyack.html" >Copyright, acknowledgments and miscellaneous</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >10.1. <A HREF="copyack.html#copyright" >Copyright and License</A ></DT ><DT >10.2. <A HREF="copyack.html#produced" >How this document was produced</A ></DT ><DT >10.3. <A HREF="copyack.html#feedback" >Feedback</A ></DT ><DT >10.4. <A HREF="copyack.html#ack" >Acknowledgments</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >A. <A HREF="gfdl.html" >GNU Free Documentation License</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >A.1. <A HREF="gfdl-0.html" >PREAMBLE</A ></DT ><DT >A.2. <A HREF="gfdl-1.html" >APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS</A ></DT ><DT >A.3. <A HREF="gfdl-2.html" >VERBATIM COPYING</A ></DT ><DT >A.4. <A HREF="gfdl-3.html" >COPYING IN QUANTITY</A ></DT ><DT >A.5. <A HREF="gfdl-4.html" >MODIFICATIONS</A ></DT ><DT >A.6. <A HREF="gfdl-5.html" >COMBINING DOCUMENTS</A ></DT ><DT >A.7. <A HREF="gfdl-6.html" >COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS</A ></DT ><DT >A.8. <A HREF="gfdl-7.html" >AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS</A ></DT ><DT >A.9. <A HREF="gfdl-8.html" >TRANSLATION</A ></DT ><DT >A.10. <A HREF="gfdl-9.html" >TERMINATION</A ></DT ><DT >A.11. <A HREF="gfdl-10.html" >FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE</A ></DT ><DT >A.12. <A HREF="gfdl-addendum.html" >ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="intro.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Introduction</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >