freeRADIUS 3.0.4, NetworkManager 1.0.6-27.el7, and wpa_supplicant v2.0 client side cert issues?

[Matthew Newton]

On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 06:39:10PM -0600, John Teasley wrote:
> 6. PROBLEM, I don't want a private CA set globally. A vpn connection does
> not do this when using
>     private CA. Also, wpa_supplicant works with out the CA being imported
> into the global store.

Ask the NetworkManager guys where they look for the root CA and if
it's configurable? That's not really a FreeRADIUS problem.

> 7. I REALLY DONT LIKE THE SELF SIGNED / PRIVATE CA GLOBALLY.
> 
> Does anyone see any obvious mistakes in what a described above?

With EAP-TLS you are always going to have to install the private
root CA on the clients. It just happens with wpa_supplicant you are
configuring it to look where you want it to.

EAP-TLS depends on running a certificate infrastructure.

Matthew


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