《eap-sim-whitepaper》.pdf

October 23, 2012 Radiator EAP-SIM and EAP- Radiator AKA Support Copyright (C) 2003-2012 Open System Consultants Pty. Ltd. White paper discussing EAP-SIM and EAP- AKA authentication support for Radiator. For EAP-SIM Module version 1.35 1.0 Introduction This document describes the emerging EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA authentication stan- dard for Wireless LANs, and outlines the support for EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA authen- tication available with Radiator, the full source Radius server from Open System Consultants (.au/radiator). Radius is the de-facto standard protocol for authenticating users and for recording accounting information for wireless and wired LANs. See RFCs 2138, 2139, 2865 and 2866 for more details on the Radius protocol. EAP is the Extensible Authentication Protocol, which can be used to create new types of authentication protocols for Radius. See RFCs 2284 and 2869 for more details on EAP authentication for Radius. These new types of authentication are commonly used in Wireless LAN systems. EAP-SIM RFC 4186 is a newly emerged EAP authentication protocol, designed for use with existing GSM mobile telephone authentication systems and SIMs (Subscriber Identity Modules) for mobile phones. Th