Hi,
Our wireless network currently authenticates and authorizes users via
freeradius 0.8.1 with a custom module that talks to custom
authentication and authorization servers.
I'm upgrading the server side to freeradius 1.0.4. At the same time,
the people who run the wireless network are switching to using EAP-PEAP
with MS-CHAP v2.
I'm fairly new to freeradius, but I have been spending a lot of time
reading this list, the documents, the O'Reilly book, and experimenting
with the server. So far I've been able to do PEAP authentications to
the server via the users file.
The custom authentication module I referred to in the first paragraph
basically re-implemented MS-CHAP v2 and talked to the custom servers on
the back end. It would not be easy to wedge into the rlm_eap code.
Instead, I'd like to find a solution that makes the fewest possible (if
any) modifications to stock freeradius, so we can track releases more
closely. I would like to continue using the custom authentication and
authorization servers.
My thinking on this so far is that I might be able to use the
Exec-Program-Wait atribute and/or the rlm_perl modules to call out to
the custom servers, which have command-line interfaces. Ideally, I'd be
able to do something like this:
1) In the authorization phase, call out to the custom authorization
server and ask a question like "Is this user who claims to be ``joe''
authorized to use the wireless service?" I can get back a yes/no answer
and send an Access-Reject with an explanation, or continue on if they
are authorized. (I don't think Exec-Program-Wait can help here since I
understand it only gets called after the user is authenticated. I could
make this check after and only if mschap returns success, though.)
2) In the authorization phase, also call out to the custom
authentication server to get pack the NT-Password and add that to the
value pairs in the check list in the request packet, so that when
EAP-PEAP finally gets down to the MS-CHAP v2 part, the NT-password is
available.
I have been having a hard time getting my mind around the complexity of
RADIUS and freeradius. It may be that I'm taking a completely
wrong-headed approach here. If anyone on this list has any thoughts on
how this could be done best, I'd appreciate hearing your ideas.
Thanks in advance!
Jeff
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Jeff Smith
Security Analyst - ITaP Identity & Access Management
Purdue University
W. Lafayette IN 47907-1408
Phone: 765-496-8285
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