Appendix B Authentication in ACS 5.3

PAP

This appendix describes the following:

RADIUS-based authentication that does not include EAP:

PAP, page B-2

CHAP, page B-31

MSCHAPv1

EAP-MSCHAPv2, page B-30

EAP family of protocols transported over RADIUS, which can be further classified as:

Simple EAP protocols that do not use certificates: EAP-MD5—For more information, see EAP-MD5, page B-5. LEAP—For more information, see LEAP, page B-31.

EAP protocols that involve a TLS-handshake and in which the client uses the ACS server certificate to perform server authentication:

PEAP, using one of the following inner methods: PEAP/EAP-MSCHAPv2 and PEAP/EAP-GTC—For more information, see PEAPv0/1, page B-14.

EAP-FAST, using one of the following inner methods: EAP-FAST/EAP-MSCHAPv2 and EAP-FAST/EAP-GTC—For more information, see EAP-FAST, page B-18.

EAP protocols that are fully certificate-based, in which the TLS handshake uses certificates for both server and client authentication:

EAP-TLS—For more information, see EAP-TLS, page B-5.

Certificate Attributes, page B-32

Machine Authentication, page B-34

Authentication Protocol and Identity Store Compatibility, page B-35

For a list of known supplicant issues, refer to

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/cisco_secure_access_control_system/5.3/release/notes/ acs_53_rn.html.

PAP

The Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) provides a simple method for a user to establish its identity by using a two-way handshake. The PAP password is encrypted with the shared secret and is the least sophisticated authentication protocol.

ACS checks the ID-Password pair against the external database, Identity Store, until ACS acknowledges the authentication or terminates the connection.

PAP is not a strong authentication method since it offers little protection from repeated trial-and-error attacks.

Note The RADIUS with PAP authentication flow includes logging of passed and failed attempts.

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