Bug#602503: ITP: ppp-2.4.5-eaptls-mppe -- PPP daemon with EAP-TLS authentication support
On Fri, Nov 05, 2010 at 12:48:32PM +0100, Werner Jaeger wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Werner Jaeger <werner.jaeger@t-systems.com>
>
> Package name : ppp-2.4.5-eaptls-mppe
> Version : 0.98
> Upstream Author : Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>, Jan Just Keijser <janjust@nikhef.nl>
> URL : http://samba.org/ppp/
> License : BSD
> Programming Lang: C
> Description : PPP daemon with EAP-TLS authentication support
>
> This package contains an extended Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) daemon
> with support for EAP-TLS authentication.
>
> The Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP; RFC 3748) is a
> security protocol that can be used with PPP. It provides a means
> to plug in multiple optional authentication methods.
>
> Transport Level Security (TLS; RFC 2246) provides for mutual
> authentication, integrity-protected ciphersuite negotiation and
> key exchange between two endpoints. It also provides for optional
> MPPE encryption.
>
> EAP-TLS (RFC 2716) incapsulates the TLS messages in EAP packets,
> allowing TLS mutual authentication to be used as a generic EAP
> mechanism. It also provides optional encryption using the MPPE
> protocol.
>
> This authentication method can be used in both client or server mode.
Hello,
as far as I know Jan Just Keijser is already talking with upstream ppp to
integrate his patch into mainline, have you talked with him prior to filing
this ITP?
Kind regards
Harald Jenny
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