Freeradius, SQL, Certs and Newbie

[Daniel Zirkin]

>Normally if you configure EAP-TLS with client certs, then anyone with a
>valid client cert is allowed access.  What "account info" are you
>looking for in the DB?  Passwords?  If so, EAP-TLS doesn't use
>passwords.

Thanks. For some reason I figured the certs would be used to"handshake" then the username/password works be checked.  I didn't realize they were separate authentication routes.

Thanks for the clarification.

Daniel


>> Good evening all.  Perhaps I'm going overboard... I have two WAP's
>covering 3.5 acres.  I'd rather not have neighbors/neer-do-wells
>accessing our network.  I've setup a separate network for outside
>secured with Freeradius.
>> 
>> I have Freeradius 3.0.19 up and running on Fedora 30.  I am using
>Mariadb for account information.  All is well.
>
>  That's good.
>
>> I've come to realize that plaintext authentication even with
>WPA3/2ent isn't all that secure.  Also, I'm trying to get a few IOT
>devices to connect.  Phones and laptops all work well.
>> 
>> I though perhaps adding client certs into the mix would tighten
>things up.
>
>  That should be fine.
>
>> I've created them and I think configured things correctly.
>> 
>> eapol_test -a127.0.0.1 -p1812 -s ******* -c
>/root/Documents/eapol_test-eaptls.conf
>> 
>> gives me;
>> 
>> MPPE keys OK: 1  mismatch: 0
>> SUCCESS
>> 
>> So now I can connect with certs or with a plaintext user/pass from
>sql.  I can't seem to get it to require a cert then check the database
>for account info.
>
>  What did you tell it to do?
>
>> What am I missing?
>
>We have no idea what you did, so we can't give much in the way of
>advice.
>
>Normally if you configure EAP-TLS with client certs, then anyone with a
>valid client cert is allowed access.  What "account info" are you
>looking for in the DB?  Passwords?  If so, EAP-TLS doesn't use
>passwords.
>
>  Alan DeKok.
>
>
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