Currently we have WLC 4402 and wide range of AP. We use WAP2 with EAP-PEAP-MSCHAP for the WLAN security setup. We use MS IAS as radius server.
Recently, we want to find a way to control what type of wireless devices that can join to our WLAN. One idea is deploying client certificate and use EAP-TLS for authentication. Does this sound a reasonable approach? Or there is a better way to achieve the objective than using EAP-TLS? I have not done EAP-TLS before and I am not sure if I am opening up a big "can of worm" in this direction.
Furthermore, does EAP-TLS only works with WEP encryption? Is TKIP or AES not supported?
Thanks.
p.s.
if there are any good documents around EAP-TLS with wireless deployment, please let me know. thx.
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Well the WLC configuration is the same... No change. It's on the IAS you would specify EAP-TLS. It is a good option as long as all your devices support EAP-TLS.
Thanks,
Scott Fella
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Well the WLC configuration is the same... No change. It's on the IAS you would specify EAP-TLS. It is a good option as long as all your devices support EAP-TLS.
Thanks,
Scott Fella
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Under EAP-TLS, does the wireless login process involved user authentication beside client certificate? One of the primary trigger for us to look into this option is to get a two-factor authentication setup for the wireless network.
Thanks.
No, there is no password transmitted during EAP-TLS authentication. EAP-TLS relies upon the authenticating client having a valid certificate with a name that matches an account on the authentication server.
If you require two-factor authentication you will need to use a RADIUS server that supports it or can proxy to something that does.
A PKI is a large undertaking for larger enterprises. Not something you just throw up over night. I would read up and test before committing to EAP-TLS.