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Chapter 3 Configuring EAP Types
Configuring EAP-FAST
Use Protected Access
Credential (PAC)
Check this box to enable the use of a PAC to establish a tunnel. When
this box is checked, PAC provisioning is requested. If this box is not
checked, EAP-FAST acts as PEAP and uses only the authenticated
server certificate to establish the tunnel every time.
The PAC is a unique shared credential used to mutually authenticate
a client and a server. The PAC is associated with a specific client
username and a server authority ID. A PAC removes the need for PKI
and digital certificates. The PAC is distributed or imported to the
client automatically or manually.
Manual PAC provisioning generates the PAC file locally on the AAA
or EAP-FAST server. With manual provisioning, the user credentials
are supplied to the server to generate the PAC file for that user. This
PAC must then be manually installed on the client device.
Default:
On
Allow automatic PAC
provisioning
Check this box to enable the automatic retrieval of a PAC during
EAP-FAST authentication.
Automatic PAC provisioning enables the automatic retrieval of a PAC
during EAP-FAST authentication. Automatic PAC provisioning uses
TLS with a Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement protocol to establish a
secure tunnel. In addition, MSCHAPv2 is used to authenticate the
client and for early man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack detection.
Default:
On
PAC Authority
Select a PAC authority from the drop-down list.
Default:
None
Note
The drop-down list contains the names of all of the PAC
authorities from which you have previously provisioned a
tunnel PAC. If you have not provisioned a PAC, then "none"
is the only option. You can also select "none" to force the host
to request provisioning a PAC.
Import
Click the
Import
button to manually import a PAC file. When you
click on this button, the Import Protected Access Credentials (PAC)
File window appears. If you need to enter a password for the PAC file
that you have selected, a password window will appear.
After you have selected and imported a valid PAC file, the PAC
authority is added to the PAC authority drop-down list.
Default:
Enabled
Table 3-1
Connection Settings (continued)
Connection Settings
Description
