Is LDAP + EAP Possible For Me?

[Alan DeKok]

Ethan Chrisawn wrote:
> I've been searching for a while now, and I can't seem to find a good
> answer. I have an ldap server and I would like to authenticate my users
> wirelessly without generating individual client certs for every device.

  You're looking for the wrong thing.  LDAP is a database which stores
passwords (among other things).  EAP uses passwords.  EAP doesn't use LDAP.

> I heard that PEAP doesn't require the manual creation of client certs,
> but I can't use that with ldap because I can't pass it a cleartext
> password, right? What other options do I have to accomplish what I'm after?

http://deployingradius.com/documents/protocols/compatibility.html

  Alan DeKok.