EAP-TTLS inner auth methods for 802.1x

[James Lever]

I have configured a working EAP-TLS system and am now migrating to  
use EAP-TTLS (with both client side certificates and a password  
authentication mechanism).

I'm stuck trying to work out how to avoid sending the password  
unhashed to the server and think that some form of CHAP/MSCHAPv2  
might be the right way to go.  My current thoughts are that I should  
use PAP with SHA1 or SSHA1 but I seem to get the right config (if it  
is even possible).

So, with this problem, can anybody suggest a way to use SHA1/SSHA1 or  
some other form of cryptographically secure, non-cleartext password  
within the inner authentication mechanism of EAP-TTLS for use in WPA2  
Enterprise/802.1x.

If this is feasible/possible, are there any gotcha's with the various  
supplicants to getting this to work from the client side and avoiding  
sending the passwords in cleartext (inside the EAP-TLS tunnel).

Also, while I'm here, any suggestions for an appropriate backend  
password store so that there is never a cleartext password except for  
the initial entry (password change) on the server side would be  
appreciated.

cheers,
James



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