Algorithm used by FreeRADIUS to choose cipher suite used with EAP-TLS/TTLS

[Alan DeKok]

Walter Goulet wrote:
>
> How does FreeRADIUS's rlm_eap module choose the cipher suite used for
> EAP-TLS/TTLS sessions?

  It relies on OpenSSL to do the negotiation.

> RFC 2246 for TLS states that the client presents the list of
> ciphersuites supported to the server and the server picks one that it
> supports.
> 
> Is there a way to configure FreeRADIUS to only use a specific set of
> ciphersuites? The goal is that in some cases it may be desireable to
> restrict incoming clients to use a particular suite.

  Yes.  See "cipher_list" in eap.conf.  It's documented.

  Alan DeKok.
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