Re: Sending EAP Identity Encrypted

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On Sep 22, 2016, at 12:06 PM, alan furlong <alan250985@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Is it possible to configure wpa_supplicant to send EAP Identity
> encrypted for privacy reasons?
> 
> This makes an assumption that the RADIUS on the other end is able to
> decrypt it. Both EAP Peer and Authentication server could either use
> same shared secret, or client can encrypt using public key of the
> authentication server and server decrypting it using the private key.

  My $0.02 (as a RADIUS guy) is that this is a terrible idea.  Don't do it.

  Instead, use anonymous outer identities (@example.com),  and use the real identity in the inner tunnel.

  For further explanation, see my RFC:

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7542

  Alan DeKok.


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