(RADIATOR) RadSec RADIUS packet with TLS secret

Mike McCauley mikem at open.com.au
Tue Jul 5 20:06:34 CDT 2005


Hello Kiran,

We do not currently have a way to set the shared secret from the TLS
parameters. I think it would be acceptable to use a common or empty
secret, since the entire conversation will be encrypted by TLS anyway.

Cheers.

On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 07:41 +0900, Hugh Irvine wrote:
> Hello Kiran -
> 
> Thanks for your mail.
> 
> I have copied this reply to Mike who will need to discuss your  
> requirements with you.
> 
> Mike is away for a couple of days, so he may not get back to you  
> until later in the week.
> 
> regards
> 
> Hugh
> 
> 
> On 5 Jul 2005, at 21:58, gullapalli wrote:
> 
> > hi all,
> >
> > According to white paper on RadSec I found that once TLS tunnel is  
> > formed
> > between two RADIUS servers, RADIUS packet request authenticator is
> > calculated with help of shared secret between two RADIUS server,  
> > but in an
> > application which we are planning to build there is no shared secret
> > between two RADIUS servers but having a certificate issued by same  
> > CA. Is
> > it possible to calculate RAIDUS request authenticator with the help of
> > dynamic secret formed between both servers while TLS handshaking?
> > If so what are the problems we can face with that? Your suggestions  
> > are
> > welcomed.
> > Thanx
> > Kiran kumar gullapalli
> >
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