[strongSwan] initialzing EAP TLS peer with a different IDi than the IDi used in teh first IKE AUTH message

Andreas Steffen andreas.steffen at strongswan.org
Tue Oct 11 14:47:07 CEST 2016


aaa_identity is used by an EAP client to verify the identity
in the TLS server certificate if it is different from the IKEv2
server certificate.

Regards

Andreas

On 11.10.2016 13:36, Ravi Kanth Vanapalli wrote:
> Adding option (3) here.
> 
> 3) auth->add(auth, AUTH_RULE_AAA_IDENTITY, id)
> 
> Which of the following identities (1),2 or 3 is used to fetch the
> private key in EAP_TLS authentcation.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 7:28 AM, Ravi Kanth Vanapalli
> <vvnrk.vanapalli at gmail.com <mailto:vvnrk.vanapalli at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Sure Andreas. Thank you for this valuable input. I will give a try.
> 
>     Could you please confirm the difference between 1 and 2 below
> 
>     1) auth->add(auth, AUTH_RULE_IDENTITY, id);
>     2)     auth->add(auth, AUTH_RULE_EAP_IDENTITY, id);
> 
>     My understanding is that (1) is used to fill the IDi in the first
>     IKE_AUTH message.
>     Second one is used for Identitiy verification in EAP methods.  eg.
>     EAP-TLS uses identity added in AUTH_RULE_EAP_IDENTITY for fetching
>     the private certificate.
>     (1) and (2) can be different.
> 
>     Kindly confirm that my understanding is correct.
> 
>     Thanks,
>     Ravikanth
> 
>     On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 3:54 AM, Andreas Steffen
>     <andreas.steffen at strongswan.org
>     <mailto:andreas.steffen at strongswan.org>> wrote:
> 
>         Hi Ravi,
> 
>         why don't you use the eap_identity parameter?
> 
>         Regards
> 
>         Andreas
> 
>         On 10.10.2016 22:13, Ravi Kanth Vanapalli wrote:
>         > Hi all,
>         >
>         > I have a situation wherein I need to alter the IDi slightly
>         before the
>         > EAP-TLS authentication proceeds. I.e IDi in the first IKE_AUTH
>         message
>         > should be different to IDi to be used for user private key
>         lookup in the
>         > EAP-TLS user authentication.
>         >
>         > I see that the API 'eap_tls_create_peer' is being used, to
>         initialize
>         > the peer identitiy in TLSplugin.
>         > This is being registered with plugin eap_tls_plugin.c
>         >
>         > I am finding it difficult to know which module calls this API
>         > eap_tls_create_peer to initialize EAP TLS peer identity.
>         >
>         > Kindly provide any inputs regarding my issue.
>         >
>         > Thank you very much.
>         >
>         > --
>         > Regards,
>         > RaviKanth
> 
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>         Andreas Steffen                       
>          andreas.steffen at strongswan.org
>         <mailto:andreas.steffen at strongswan.org>
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>         Institute for Internet Technologies and Applications
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> 
> 
> 
> 
>     -- 
>     Regards,
> 
>     RaviKanth VN Vanapalli
>     Email: vvnrk.vanapalli at gmail.com <mailto:vvnrk.vanapalli at gmail.com>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> 
> RaviKanth VN Vanapalli
> 

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Andreas Steffen                         andreas.steffen at strongswan.org
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Institute for Internet Technologies and Applications
University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil
CH-8640 Rapperswil (Switzerland)
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