(RADIATOR) EAP-MD5 WEP Key Rotation

[Mike McCauley]

Hi Steve,

Thanks for that. We have fixed the doc for the next release.
Cheers.

On Monday 16 July 2007 22:12, Steve Caporossi wrote:
> Sorry for the delay in replying...I've been working on some other
> wireless issues.
>
> I got this from the Radiator Manual...
>   23.1 EAP MD5-Challenge
>
> In EAP MD5-Challenge, the Radius server sends a random challenge to the
> client. The client forms an MD5 hash of the user's password and the
> challenge and sends the result back to the server. The server then
> validates the MD5 hash using the known correct plaintext password from
> the user database. EAP MD5-Challenge does support dynamic WEP keys.
>
> Note the last sentence above.
>
> Steve
>
> Mike McCauley wrote:
> > Hello Steve,
> >
> > On Thursday 07 June 2007 03:43, Steve Caporossi wrote:
> >> Is this a typo?
> >
> > Yes. EAP MD5-Challenge on its own cannot generate the MPPE keys that are
> > used to create WEP keys.
> >
> >> *****EAP MD5-Challenge does support dynamic WEP keys.*****
> >
> > Where did you read that?
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> >> Most documentation I see contradicts this...
> >>
> >>  From the Radiator documentation:
> >>
> >> 23.1 EAP MD5-Challenge
> >> In EAP MD5-Challenge, the Radius server sends a random challenge to the
> >> client. The client forms an MD5 hash of the user’s password and the
> >> challenge and sends the result back to the server. The server then
> >> validates the MD5 hash using the known correct plaintext password from
> >> the user database.
> >>
> >> *****EAP MD5-Challenge does support dynamic WEP keys.*****
> >>
> >>
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