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MAC-Based Access Control is one method for preventing unauthorized access to the Wireless LAN. This article discusses how MAC-Based Access Control works and provides step-by-step configuration instructions for Microsoft NPS and Dashboard.
MAC-Based Access Control
The AP (RADIUS client) sends a RADIUS Access-Request to the RADIUS server containing the username and password of the connecting wireless device. The username and password combination is always the MAC address of the connecting device, lower case without delimiting characters. It can't even learn the MAC of the client, nor should it. 3) After 1X timeout, machine has to transmit traffic for the switch to learn the MAC (remember it cannot learn it while looking for 1X). 4) After 1X has timed out, and a MAC is learned, the MAC is authenticated thru RADIUS. 5) By default, the 802.1X timeout is 90-sec. How RADIUS MAC Authentication Works User authentication is initiated based on the security settings configured for the SSID. For example, the user can associate using WPA2 with PSK. After the user successfully associates to the SSID, the AP authenticates the MAC address of the connecting client with a RADIUS server.
- Pamradiusauth is a PAM to RADIUS authentication module. It allows any PAM-capable machine to become a RADIUS client for authentication and accounting requests. Pyrad is a Python implementation of a RADIUS client as described in RFC2865. It takes care of all the details like building RADIUS packets, sending them and decoding responses.
- Linux/Mac machines can use ESA for 2FA by implementing a Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM), which will serve as a RADIUS client communicating with the ESA RADIUS server. In general, any service using RADIUS can be configured to use the ESA RADIUS server.
- About the mac address 00c0f076aad7; Meraki's article says 'the username and password should be the MAC address of the connecting device'. My question is: How and when the username/password is typed (or extracted) and sent by the Workstation to the NPS (RADIUS) server?
It is critical to control which devices can access the wireless LAN. MAC-Based Access Control can be used to provide port based network access control on MR series access points. With MAC-Based Access Control, devices must be authenticated by a RADIUS server before network access is granted on an SSID. The AP (RADIUS client) sends a RADIUS Access-Request to the RADIUS server containing the username and password of the connecting wireless device. The username and password combination is always the MAC address of the connecting device, lower case without delimiting characters. If a RADIUS policy exists on the server that specifies the device should be granted access and the credentials are correct, the RADIUS server will respond with an Access-Accept message. Upon receiving this message, the AP will grant network access to the device on the SSID. If the RADIUS server replies with an Access-Reject because the device does not match a policy, the AP will not grant network access. Below is a diagram showing a successful authentication.
MAC-Based Access Control has some security implications which must be considered. One is that it is not an association method that supports wireless encryption. Therefore clients will need to rely on upper layer protocols for encrypting traffic such as SSL or IPsec once a device has gained network access. The second being the credentials used. Because the MAC address of the device is used as the credentials, an attacker can easily gain network access by spoofing the MAC address of previously authenticated clients. Below are the steps necessary in order, to deploy MAC-Based Access Control using Microsoft NPS.
Network Administrators can use port based access control to prevent unauthorized access to the corporate LAN. MAC-Based RADIUS is one method for providing this type of security. This article discusses the benefits of MAC-Based RADIUS and how to configure it in Microsoft NPS and Dashboard.
Benefits of MAC-Based RADIUS
In some environments it is critical to control which devices can access the wired LAN. Ports in common areas make a network vulnerable to access by guests and other unauthorized users. MAC-Based RADIUS can be used to provide port based access control on your MS series switches. Unauthorized users are prevented from accessing to the wired LAN because each device that connects to a switch port will need to be authenticated before network access is granted. Devices are authenticated at the port level with MAC-Based RADIUS. When a device connects to a port with an access policy assigned, before network access is granted, the device must be authenticated by the RADIUS server. The switch (RADIUS client) sends a RADIUS Access-Request to the RADIUS server containing the username and password of the connecting device. The username and password combination is always the MAC address of the connecting device, lower case without delimiting characters. If a RADIUS policy exists on the server that specifies the device should be granted access and the credentials are correct, the RADIUS server will respond with an Access-Accept message. Upon receiving this message, the switch will grant network access to the device on that port. If the RADIUS server replies with an Access-Reject because the device does not match a policy, the switch will not grant network access. It is possible however, to configure the switch to drop devices into a Guest VLAN when they fail to authenticate. The Guest VLAN would provide Internet access only. Below is an example of a basic MAC-Based authentication exchange.
Adding MS Switches as RADIUS clients on the NPS Server
All switches that that need to authenticate connecting devices must be added as RADIUS clients on in NPS. Below are the steps to add the switches as RADIUS clients.
1) Open the NPS Server Console by going to Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > Network Policy Server.
2) In the Left pane, expand the RADIUS Clients and Servers option.
3) Right click the RADIUS Clientsoption and select New.
4) Enter a Friendly Name for the MS Switch.
5) Enter the the IP Addressof your MS Switch.
6) Create and enter a RADIUS Shared Secret (note this secret - we will need to add this to the Dashboard).
7) Press OKwhen finished.
8) Repeat these steps b - g for all switches. See Figure 1 for a sample RADIUS client configuration.
Figure 1.
Create a user account in Active Directory for a connecting device.
1) Open Active Directory Users and Computers: Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools > Active Directory Users and Computers.
2) Create a new user account. the username and password should be the MAC address of the connecting device (letters need to be lower case and it should not have any delimiting characters). See Figure 2 for example user account.
Figure 2.
Configuring a NPS Connection Request Policy.
1) In the NPS Server Console, navigate to NPS (Local) > Policies > Connection Request Policies.
2) Right click on Connection Request Policies, and select New.
3) Name the policy and select Next.
4) On the Specify Conditions page add the following condition: NAS port type as Ethernet (Figure 3) followed by clicking Next.
5) Click Next on the Specify Connection Request Forwarding screen.
6) Click Next on the Specify Authentication Methods screen.
7) Click Next on the Configure Settings screen.
8) Review settings and click Finish on the Completing Connection Request Policy Wizard screen.
Figure. 3
Configuring a NPS Network Policy.
1) In the NPS Server Console, navigate to NPS (Local) > Policies > Network Policies.
2) Right click on Network Policies, and select New.
3) Name the policy and select Next. (Figure 4)
Figure 4.
4) On the Specify Conditions page add the following two conditions Windows Groups, this can be the group containing especially for the user accounts created in Part 3. See KB Creating a Windows Group For MAC Based Authentication. For our example we will use DOMAINNAMEDomain Users. Then specify NAS port type Ethernet followed by clicking Next. (Figure 5)
Figure 5.
5) Click Next on the Specify Access Permission screen.
6) On the Configure Authentication Methods page, uncheck all options except Unencrypted authentication (PAP, SPAP). (Figure 6)
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7) Click Next on the Configure Constraints screen.
8) Click Next on the Configure Settings screen.
9) Review settings and click Finish on the Completing New Network Policy screen. (Figure 7)
Figure 7.
Creating a MAC-Based RADIUS Access Policy in Dashboard.
/3utools-change-location.html. 1) On the Dashboard navigate to Configure > Access Policies.
2)Click on the link Add Access Policy in the main window then click the link to Add a server.
3)Enter the IP address of the RADIUS server, the port (default is 1812 or 1645), and the secret you created above in part 2. (Figure 8)
4) Click Save changes.
Figure 8.
Apply Access policy to MS Switchports
1) On the Dashboard navigate to Configure > Switchports.
2) Select the port(s) that should have the policy applied.
3) Click the Edit button, make sure the port type is Access, and from the Access policy drop-down select the policy that was created in part 5.
Windows Radius Client
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Radius Authentication Mac Address
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