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Date:      Wed, 18 Oct 2017 19:03:07 +0200
From:      Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de>
To:        =?utf-8?Q?Peter_Ankerst=C3=A5l?= <peter@pean.org>
Cc:        Chris Ross <cross+freebsd@distal.com>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: 802.1X authenticator for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <4F45AC20-57F9-4246-836E-4F1C1D01FAC2@lassitu.de>
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> Am 18.10.2017 um 18:35 schrieb Peter Ankerst=C3=A5l <peter@pean.org>:
>=20
>=20
>=20
>> On 17 Oct 2017, at 22:27, Chris Ross <cross+freebsd@distal.com> =
wrote:
>>=20
>>=20
>> wpa_supplicant is the client we use at work, on Linux systems.  But, =
it=E2=80=99s also the tool described in the FreeBSD wireless =
configuration pages, so I know it can be used there.
>>=20
>> I haven=E2=80=99t tried FreeBSD with wired 802.1x myself, but just a =
thought I had.
>>=20
>>          - Chris
>>=20
> Its my understanding that wpa_supplicant is actually a working client =
in FreeBSD. But I=E2=80=99m looking for the server side of this.
>=20
> It would be just fine if it worked just like hostapd (control access =
of one nic) and dont have any control over switchports or whatever. =
Another nice way of doing it would be to have some sort of integration =
with authpf or pf itself.

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.

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.


Stefan

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