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      buraglio
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      Excellent, I'll patch and have some results for you by early tomorrow.

      nb

      https://www.forwardingplane.net/

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        billm
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        Just updated the patch - should work up to 128 chars now.  I'll run some quick tests through it myself.

        –Bill

        pfSense core developer
        blog - http://www.ucsecurity.com/
        twitter - billmarquette

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          buraglio
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          What version are you patching this against?  I'm running BETA2 (BETA4 has issues booting on my dell 2850's) and had some errors with redirection after applying the patch.  I updated to the /usr/local/captiveportal in CVS (as well as added the authLDAP.inc that it requires) but still have some errors.  I'd like to mirror what you have been testing on if possible to rule out any version issues.

          https://www.forwardingplane.net/

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            billm
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            @buraglio:

            What version are you patching this against?  I'm running BETA2 (BETA4 has issues booting on my dell 2850's) and had some errors with redirection after applying the patch.  I updated to the /usr/local/captiveportal in CVS (as well as added the authLDAP.inc that it requires) but still have some errors.  I'd like to mirror what you have been testing on if possible to rule out any version issues.

            I don't have the box in front of my now that I'm at work, but it should apply cleanly against revision 1.12.2.1 of radius_authentication.inc:
            http://pfsense.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/pfSense/usr/local/captiveportal/radius_authentication.inc?rev=1.12.2.1;content-type=text%2Fplain

            Here's the patched Encrypt() function (all I changed)

            
            /*
             * $password = users password
             * $key = shared secret
             * $RA = Request Authenticator (random value it seems like)
             */
            function Encrypt($password,$key,$RA) {
                    global $debug;
            
                    if ($debug)
                        echo "
            key: $key
            password: $password
            
            * * *
            
            \n";
            
                    $output="";
                    $passlen = strlen($password);
                    /* figure out the number of xor rounds we need to run through */
                    for ($i=16; $i <= 128; $i += 16) {
                            if ($len <= $i) {
                                    $rounds = $i/16;
                                    break;
                            }
                    }
            
                    $z = 0; // How many chars have we xor'd
                    for ($x=1; $x<=$rounds; $x++) {
                            $keyRA=$key.$RA;
                            $md5checksum=md5($keyRA);
            
                            // Loop 16 times (md5() output / 2)
                            // This limits the effective password to 16 characters - is this really in the radius spec???
                            for ($i=0;$i<=15;$i++) {
                                    // Convert md5 hex output to decimal (md5 lengths are 32 chars)
                                    if (2*$i>32) $m=0; else $m=hexdec(substr($md5checksum,2*$i,2));
                                    // get the decimal character value for this character in the password
                                    if ($z>$passlen-1) $p=0; else $p=ord(substr($password,$z,1));
                                    // xor the md5 character with the password character
                                    $c=$m^$p;
                                    // Convert back to 8-bit output
                                    $output.=chr($c);
                                    $z++;
                            }
                            $RA=$output;
                    }
            
                    return $output;
            }
            
            

            –Bill

            pfSense core developer
            blog - http://www.ucsecurity.com/
            twitter - billmarquette

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              buraglio
              last edited by

              OK, I got it all cleaned up and patched it.  It is yielding the same error from the debug info.  From the debug output it looks liek it's grabbing 16 characters.

              "username is blahblah with len 8 encryptedpassword is …........with len 16 ........"

              https://www.forwardingplane.net/

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                billm
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                Any debug from the Encrypt() function?  I tested it with 15-17 character passwords and it seemed to do the right thing there.  I don't have a way to test against RADIUS, but the function looks good now :-/

                –Bill

                pfSense core developer
                blog - http://www.ucsecurity.com/
                twitter - billmarquette

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                  buraglio
                  last edited by

                  No real debug info from the Encrypt() function.  I can dig a little deeper.  I can also give you access to the box if you'd like.

                  https://www.forwardingplane.net/

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                    buraglio
                    last edited by

                    So it does allow for shorter paswords but generates some errors:

                    
                    radius-port: 1812
                    radius-host: 10.10.102.2
                    username: blahblah
                    
                    key: TestRadiusKey
                    password: testpasswd
                    username is blahblah with len 8 encryptedpassword is šJ»[à6%¤2ÍǃhÄ with len 10 nasHostname is portal-a.lab.local with len 18 
                    writing 95 bytes
                    
                    Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/local/captiveportal/radius_authentication.inc:48) in /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php on line 335 
                    radius-port: 1813
                    radius-host: 10.10.2.25
                    username: blahblah
                    
                    username is blahblah with len 8 nasHostname is portal-a.lab.local with len 18 
                    writing 113 bytes
                    [/code]
                    
                    The errors on the RADIUS server for a >16 char passphrase are as i'd expect for an incorrect passphrase.  
                    
                    

                    https://www.forwardingplane.net/

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                      billm
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                      @buraglio:

                      No real debug info from the Encrypt() function.  I can dig a little deeper.  I can also give you access to the box if you'd like.

                      It'd be helpful to be able to point at a radius server with an account that has a 17 (or larger) character password.  I've got no way of testing that I'm following the RFC correctly - 16 and under still work with the new code I assume?

                      –Bill

                      pfSense core developer
                      blog - http://www.ucsecurity.com/
                      twitter - billmarquette

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                        buraglio
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                        It authenticates with the new code with a RADIUS box with >=16 passwords but the redirection after fails with some php errors.  I assume that is a cosmetic fix and not critical.  I can work on getting a radius box up probably tomorrow if that'd be helpful.

                        https://www.forwardingplane.net/

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                          billm
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                          @buraglio:

                          It authenticates with the new code with a RADIUS box with >=16 passwords but the redirection after fails with some php errors.  I assume that is a cosmetic fix and not critical.  I can work on getting a radius box up probably tomorrow if that'd be helpful.

                          So it now authenticates accounts with > 16 char passwords?  And authenticates accounts with < 16 char passwords?  Only a PHP error to cleanup?  Good news.  Maybe the PHP error is coming from the $debug define.

                          –Bill

                          pfSense core developer
                          blog - http://www.ucsecurity.com/
                          twitter - billmarquette

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                            buraglio
                            last edited by

                            @billm:

                            @buraglio:

                            It authenticates with the new code with a RADIUS box with >=16 passwords but the redirection after fails with some php errors.  I assume that is a cosmetic fix and not critical.  I can work on getting a radius box up probably tomorrow if that'd be helpful.

                            So it now authenticates accounts with > 16 char passwords?  And authenticates accounts with < 16 char passwords?  Only a PHP error to cleanup?  Good news.  Maybe the PHP error is coming from the $debug define.

                            –Bill

                            Actually it only authenticates 16 char or below passwords.  I mistyped.  Sorry.

                            https://www.forwardingplane.net/

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                              buraglio
                              last edited by

                              Has anyone else noticed this behavior?  Would it be beneficial for me to set up a RADIUS box and give you access to test against?

                              https://www.forwardingplane.net/

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                                sullrich
                                last edited by

                                @buraglio:

                                Has anyone else noticed this behavior?  Would it be beneficial for me to set up a RADIUS box and give you access to test against?

                                Yes, please do.  Bill does not have access to a tesitng environment for this.

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                                  billm
                                  last edited by

                                  @buraglio:

                                  Has anyone else noticed this behavior?  Would it be beneficial for me to set up a RADIUS box and give you access to test against?

                                  If you can provide me a radius target I can test this myself.

                                  –Bill

                                  pfSense core developer
                                  blog - http://www.ucsecurity.com/
                                  twitter - billmarquette

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                                    buraglio
                                    last edited by

                                    I'll work on this this afternoon and post when it's done.

                                    https://www.forwardingplane.net/

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                                      buraglio
                                      last edited by

                                      @buraglio:

                                      I'll work on this this afternoon and post when it's done.

                                      I have this up, I'm still verifying correct functionality.  How would you like to go about testing?

                                      https://www.forwardingplane.net/

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                                        buraglio
                                        last edited by

                                        ok, I have this working whenever you'd like to start working on it.

                                        https://www.forwardingplane.net/

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                                          billm
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                                          @buraglio:

                                          ok, I have this working whenever you'd like to start working on it.

                                          Can you PM me an IP to test against along with two usernames, one with a 15 char password, one with a 20 char password.  I can provide a static IP if needed that I'll be testing from.

                                          –Bill

                                          pfSense core developer
                                          blog - http://www.ucsecurity.com/
                                          twitter - billmarquette

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                                            buraglio
                                            last edited by

                                            Sent.

                                            https://www.forwardingplane.net/

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