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/**
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\page eap_module EAP peer implementation
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Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) is an authentication framework
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defined in RFC 3748. %wpa_supplicant uses a separate code module for EAP
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peer implementation. This module was designed to use only a minimal set
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of direct function calls (mainly, to debug/event functions) in order for
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it to be usable in other programs. The design of the EAP
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implementation is based loosely on RFC 4137. The state machine is
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defined in this RFC and so is the interface between the peer state
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machine and methods. As such, this RFC provides useful information for
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understanding the EAP peer implementation in %wpa_supplicant.
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Some of the terminology used in EAP state machine is referring to
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EAPOL (IEEE 802.1X), but there is no strict requirement on the lower
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layer being IEEE 802.1X if EAP module is built for other programs than
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%wpa_supplicant. These terms should be understood to refer to the
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lower layer as defined in RFC 4137.
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\section adding_eap_methods Adding EAP methods
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Each EAP method is implemented as a separate module, usually as one C
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file named eap_<name of the method>.c, e.g., eap_md5.c. All EAP
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methods use the same interface between the peer state machine and
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method specific functions. This allows new EAP methods to be added
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without modifying the core EAP state machine implementation.
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New EAP methods need to be registered by adding them into the build
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(Makefile) and the EAP method registration list in the
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eap_peer_register_methods() function of eap_methods.c. Each EAP
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method should use a build-time configuration option, e.g., EAP_TLS, in
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order to make it possible to select which of the methods are included
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in the build.
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EAP methods must implement the interface defined in eap_i.h. struct
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eap_method defines the needed function pointers that each EAP method
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must provide. In addition, the EAP type and name are registered using
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this structure. This interface is based on section 4.4 of RFC 4137.
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It is recommended that the EAP methods would use generic helper
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functions, eap_msg_alloc() and eap_hdr_validate() when processing
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messages. This allows code sharing and can avoid missing some of the
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needed validation steps for received packets. In addition, these
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functions make it easier to change between expanded and legacy EAP
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header, if needed.
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When adding an EAP method that uses a vendor specific EAP type
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(Expanded Type as defined in RFC 3748, Chapter 5.7), the new method
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must be registered by passing vendor id instead of EAP_VENDOR_IETF to
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eap_peer_method_alloc(). These methods must not try to emulate
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expanded types by registering a legacy EAP method for type 254. See
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eap_vendor_test.c for an example of an EAP method implementation that
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is implemented as an expanded type.
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\section used_eap_library Using EAP implementation as a library
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The Git repository has an eap_example directory that contains an
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example showing how EAP peer and server code from %wpa_supplicant and
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hostapd can be used as a library. The example program initializes both
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an EAP server and an EAP peer entities and then runs through an
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EAP-PEAP/MSCHAPv2 authentication.
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eap_example_peer.c shows the initialization and glue code needed to
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control the EAP peer implementation. eap_example_server.c does the
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same for EAP server. eap_example.c is an example that ties in both the
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EAP server and client parts to allow an EAP authentication to be
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shown.
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In this example, the EAP messages are passed between the server and
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the peer are passed by direct function calls within the same process.
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In practice, server and peer functionalities would likely reside in
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separate devices and the EAP messages would be transmitted between the
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devices based on an external protocol. For example, in IEEE 802.11
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uses IEEE 802.1X EAPOL state machines to control the transmission of
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EAP messages and WiMax supports optional PMK EAP authentication
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mechanism that transmits EAP messages as defined in IEEE 802.16e.
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The EAP library links in number of helper functions from src/utils and
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src/crypto directories. Most of these are suitable as-is, but it may
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be desirable to replace the debug output code in src/utils/wpa_debug.c
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by dropping this file from the library and re-implementing the
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functions there in a way that better fits in with the main
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application.
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*/
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