Machine auth without cert - EAP-PEAP/MSCHAPV2

[Josh Howlett]

Hi Ryan,

What you're trying to do is impossible. MS-CHAPv2 is a mutual
authentication protocol, meaning that FreeRADIUS needs to demonstrate
knowledge of the password to the machine.

josh. 

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> Sent: 25 February 2008 21:05
> To: jvieira at clarku.edu; FreeRadius users mailing list
> Subject: Machine auth without cert - EAP-PEAP/MSCHAPV2
> 
> I've been experimenting with machine auth without using a 
> cert, but I seem to be stuck on the fact that FreeRadius will 
> not authenticate a local user.
> 
> I see the request come across through debugging with a 
> username of "host/mymachine.mydomain.com", and no password, 
> and in my users file I have
> 
> "host/mymachine.mydomain.com" Cleartext-Password="", 
> Auth-Type := Local, MS-CHAP-Use-NTLM-Auth := 0
>         Filter-ID = "WIRELESS-USER",
>         Fall-Through = 0
> 
> but for some reason it never authenticates...  I've tried 
> every both without the MS-CHAP option, that doesn't seem to 
> change it.  Also tried User-Password instead of cleartext 
> password, no change.  Any suggestions?
> 
> Ryan
> 
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