From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "John A. Sullivan III" Subject: [OT] iptables and 802.1x authenticator Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 21:40:18 -0400 Message-ID: <1178329218.8026.0.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Errors-To: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org Hello, all. Does anyone know of an open source linux 802.1x authenticator? I see XSupplicant for the supplicant and FreeRADIUS for the authentication server but I can't seem to find an authenticator. We've been toying with combining iptables with the ISCS network management project (http://iscs.sourceforge.net) and 802.1x. If we can do what we think we can do, the results should be quite stunning. We should be able to create true, perimeterless network security. That means we can stop LAN based worms dead in their tracks, foil ARP poisoning attacks and other nefarious activities -- all without end point clients (not that we have anything against end point clients). I'm in the prototype building stage and hence the need for a testbed 802.1x implementation. So, if you can kindly point me in the right direction, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks - John -- John A. Sullivan III Open Source Development Corporation +1 207-985-7880 jsullivan@opensourcedevel.com Financially sustainable open source development http://www.opensourcedevel.com