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  • From: Stefan Winter <stefan.winter AT restena.lu>
  • To: Michele de Varda <michele.devarda AT unimi.it>
  • Cc: "'cat-users AT geant.net'" <cat-users AT geant.net>, "eduroam AT unimi.it" <eduroam AT unimi.it>
  • Subject: Re: [cat-users] Impossible to download Windows client
  • Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 14:37:49 +0200
  • List-archive: <http://mail.geant.net/pipermail/cat-users/>
  • List-id: "The mailing list for users of the eduroam Configuration Assistant Tool \(CAT\)" <cat-users.geant.net>

Hi again,

>> This is NOT the case for other users of the app. Something must be wrong
>> here.
> the APP configure correctly PEAP as EAP method and MSCHAPv2 as Phase 2
> Authentication.
> In the CA certificate field of my device I found this certificate name
> (see screenshot):
>
> eduroam_WPA_EAP_PEAP_auth=MSCHAPV2
>
> It is correct? The certificate name should be "VeriSign Class 3 Public
> Primary Certification Authority - G5"?

That is correct. The "name" is just a handle for the CA inside the
device, it has nothing to do with the CN. Welcome to the wonderful world
of Android :-)

>>> In the EduroamCAT debug window I see only the root certificate with
>>> CN=VeriSign Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority - G5
>>> Is it possible that Android needs to install also the intermediate
>>> cert? The Intermediate cert is present in our CAT config.
>> The intermediate needs to be present in the EAP conversation. That is,
>> your RADIUS server needs to send it along with the server certificate.
>>
>> Where in the FreeRADIUS config did you put the intermediate certificate?
>
> In eap.conf (see attached file)
> The name of the intermediate certificate is eduroam_chain.crt

There's your problem. ca_file is the wrong parameter. As the FreeRADIUS
documentation right above that parameter states:

# ALL of the CA's in this list will be trusted
# to issue client certificates for authentication.

So this is exclusively about EAP-TLS *client* certificates, and has no
effect for other EAP types like PEAP.

To construct the chain, you need to append the intermediate CA's PEM in
the same file of your server certificate. I.e. eduroam_unimi_it.crt

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
(server cert)
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
(intermediate CA cert)
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

And then reload FreeRADIUS. This should cure the problem.

BTW, the realm checks are supposed to detect this condition in UI (so I
should not need to write lengthy emails). Did you not get a
warning-level information of sorts "Chain only works when considering
the CAT config, but not with EAP conversation information. Consider
adding intermediates in EAP"?

Greetings,

Stefan Winter

>
> Regards,
>
> Michele
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Stefan Winter
>>
>>> Thanks a lot,
>>>
>>> Michele
>>>
>>>
>>> On 06/26/2015 11:17 AM, Stefan Winter wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I have just tested your realm against the Verisign root and everything
>>>> works just fine.
>>>>
>>>> There is not a single warning or error in the realm checks.
>>>>
>>>> Could you verify if you still have an issue?
>>>>
>>>> Greetings,
>>>>
>>>> Stefan Winter
>>>>
>>>> On 25.06.2015 15:44, Michele de Varda wrote:
>>>>> Hi Gareth,
>>>>> thank you for your answer.
>>>>>
>>>>> In the Radius server we installed both server certificate (in attach
>>>>> our eap.conf file):
>>>>> /[root@nekkar Verisign-Cert]# openssl x509 -noout -text -in
>>>>> eduroam_unimi_it.crt //
>>>>> //Certificate://
>>>>> // Data://
>>>>> // Version: 3 (0x2)//
>>>>> // Serial Number://
>>>>> // 35:b3:75:3d:94:03:f3:cb:e6:44:a1:bc:9d:bb:1a:ed//
>>>>> // Signature Algorithm: sha256WithRSAEncryption//
>>>>> // Issuer: C=US, O=Symantec Corporation, OU=Symantec Trust
>>>>> Network, CN=Symantec Class 3 Secure Server CA - G4//
>>>>> // Validity//
>>>>> // Not Before: Mar 2 00:00:00 2015 GMT//
>>>>> // Not After : Mar 2 23:59:59 2017 GMT//
>>>>> // Subject: C=IT, ST=Milano, L=Milano, O=Universita' degli
>>>>> Studi
>>>>> di Milano, OU=Div. Telecomunicazioni, CN=eduroam.unimi.it//
>>>>> // Subject Public Key Info://
>>>>> // Public Key Algorithm: rsaEncryption//
>>>>> // RSA Public Key: (2048 bit)//.........
>>>>>
>>>>> /and chain file certificate:/
>>>>>
>>>>> [root@nekkar Verisign-Cert]# openssl x509 -noout -text -in
>>>>> eduroam_chain.crt
>>>>> Certificate:
>>>>> Data:
>>>>> Version: 3 (0x2)
>>>>> Serial Number:
>>>>> 51:3f:b9:74:38:70:b7:34:40:41:8d:30:93:06:99:ff
>>>>> Signature Algorithm: sha256WithRSAEncryption
>>>>> Issuer: C=US, O=VeriSign, Inc., OU=VeriSign Trust Network,
>>>>> OU=(c) 2006 VeriSign, Inc. - For authorized use only, CN=VeriSign
>>>>> Class
>>>>> 3 Public Primary Certification Authority - G5
>>>>> Validity
>>>>> Not Before: Oct 31 00:00:00 2013 GMT
>>>>> Not After : Oct 30 23:59:59 2023 GMT
>>>>> Subject: C=US, O=Symantec Corporation, OU=Symantec Trust
>>>>> Network, CN=Symantec Class 3 Secure Server CA - G4
>>>>> Subject Public Key Info:
>>>>> Public Key Algorithm: rsaEncryption
>>>>> RSA Public Key: (2048 bit).......
>>>>>
>>>>> Also in the CAT configuration we put root certificate and chain file
>>>>> (see attached screenshot). Initially in the cat conf we put only the
>>>>> root certificate and it worked fine only with Windows and iOS, but
>>>>> didn't work with MAC OS X, so we put the chain ca file./
>>>>> //Do you have any suggestions/?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you again,
>>>>>
>>>>> Michele
>>>>>
>>>>> /
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 06/25/2015 02:41 PM, Ayres G.J. wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have tested your eap-config and it looks like it parses OK, and
>>>>>> installs a Verisign CA Cert:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> CERT Subject=CN=VeriSign Class 3 Public Primary Certification
>>>>>> Authority - G5, OU="(c) 2006 VeriSign, Inc. - For authorized use
>>>>>> only", OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is this the correct CA cert you have configured in your radius
>>>>>> setup?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You have a certificate chain present, so you need to ensure your
>>>>>> radius server is sending the intermediates.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think you can test this via cat.eduroam.org site using the
>>>>>> realm check.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can you test this please?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gareth Ayres.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *From:*Michele de Varda
>>>>>> [mailto:michele.devarda AT unimi.it]
>>>>>> *Sent:* 25 June 2015 12:56
>>>>>> *To:*
>>>>>> cat-users AT geant.net
>>>>>> *Cc:* Claudio Lori
>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [cat-users] Impossible to download Windows client
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Today the Windows CAT download for Univ. degli Studi di Milano
>>>>>> seems ok.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The configuration for Android is still not working: we tested
>>>>>> eduroamCAT app 1.0.16 only with 2 kitkat 4.4 devices and we
>>>>>> obtain the
>>>>>> RADIUS TLS error (unknown CA):
>>>>>> /Thu Jun 25 13:44:10 2015 : Auth: Login incorrect (TLS Alert
>>>>>> read:fatal:unknown CA):
>>>>>> [//michele.devarda AT unimi.it/
>>>>>> <mailto:michele.devarda AT unimi.it>/]
>>>>>> (from client IAM2 port 109 cli
>>>>>> b4:30:52:28:38:d2)/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The CA config. works fine with WIndows, Mac and iOS systems.
>>>>>> I attached an app screenshot, I don't know if is it possible copy
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> past the complete WiFi Logs from EduroamCAT App.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you for your support,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Michele de Varda
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 06/24/2015 05:12 PM, Michele de Varda wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear CAT developers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm the CAT admin for Univ. of Milan.
>>>>>> Today I did some tests changing our CA chain because the CAT
>>>>>> Android client doesn't work for our university, this is the
>>>>>> RADIUS
>>>>>> log:
>>>>>> /Wed Jun 24 11:33:02 2015 : Auth: Login incorrect (TLS Alert
>>>>>> read:fatal:unknown CA):
>>>>>> [//michele.devarda AT unimi.it/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <mailto:michele.devarda AT unimi.it>/]/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now we can not download Windows configuration, we receive this
>>>>>> message:
>>>>>> /"This is embarrassing. Generation of your installer failed.
>>>>>> System admins have been notified. We will try to take care
>>>>>> of the
>>>>>> problem as soon as possible."/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can you help us?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you for your great job
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Michele de Varda
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Università degli Studi di Milano
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Divisione Telecomunicazioni
>>>>>>
>>>>>> via G. Colombo 46
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 20133 Milano
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tel. 02 50315306
>>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Michele de Varda
>>>>>
>>>>> Università degli Studi di Milano
>>>>> Divisione Telecomunicazioni
>>>>> via G. Colombo 46
>>>>> 20133 Milano
>>>>> Tel. 02 50315306
>>>>>
>>> --
>>> Michele de Varda
>>>
>>> Università degli Studi di Milano
>>> Divisione Telecomunicazioni
>>> via G. Colombo 46
>>> 20133 Milano
>>> Tel. 02 50315306
>>>
>>
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