Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 19:10:06 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Peter_Ankerst=C3=A5l?= <peter@pean.org> To: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> Cc: Chris Ross <cross+freebsd@distal.com>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 802.1X authenticator for FreeBSD Message-ID: <2B2D49E0-F804-4557-9DB5-A915A8578070@pean.org> In-Reply-To: <4F45AC20-57F9-4246-836E-4F1C1D01FAC2@lassitu.de> References: <C34FB467-C2DB-4B59-9DD2-2491E7A136F1@pean.org> <AE175682-AD2B-4DAC-AF4C-3B6F3CDB7449@distal.com> <2D461E1D-895F-4D31-9834-A40DEF02F121@pean.org> <4F45AC20-57F9-4246-836E-4F1C1D01FAC2@lassitu.de>
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>=20 > I=E2=80=99m under the impression that the authenticator function in a = wired network is usually part of the switch, and the switch will talk to = some authentication server like RADIUS, giving it the port number of the = connected device and additional information. >=20 > If FreeBSD had such a function, I think it would be limited to = point-to-point Ethernet links, 802.1x being a link-layer protocol. >=20 Yes I know, but this is functional in hostapd for Linux and it would be = nice to have it in FreeBSD as well.=20 Thanks anyway!=
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