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authorAlexander Wilke <nachtfalkeaw@web.de>2011-12-22 23:17:44 +0000
committerAlexander Wilke <nachtfalkeaw@web.de>2011-12-22 23:17:44 +0000
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Added information on freeradius cert-manager that there are some disadvantages compared to built-in pfsense Cert-Manager. Explainaition how to use pfsense built-in cert-manager with freeradius.
some small fixes on cert-creation and some typos.
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diff --git a/config/freeradius2/freeradiuscerts.xml b/config/freeradius2/freeradiuscerts.xml
index 7503fe49..a0b4ac0f 100644
--- a/config/freeradius2/freeradiuscerts.xml
+++ b/config/freeradius2/freeradiuscerts.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
<fielddescr>Delete ALL existing Certificates ?</fielddescr>
<fieldname>varcertsdeleteall</fieldname>
<description><![CDATA[This will delete <b>ALL</b> existing CAs, Server-Certs and Client-Certs in freeradius certs folder!<br>
- You <b>must</b> delete all existing if you want to create new ones. (Default: Yes)<br>
+ You <b>must</b> delete all existing if you want to create new ones. (Default: No)<br>
<b>Important:</b><br>
If you like to use certs created on another PC just disable this and click save.]]></description>
<type>select</type>
@@ -105,6 +105,21 @@
</options>
</field>
<field>
+ <fielddescr>READ BEFORE DOING ANYTHING HERE!</fielddescr>
+ <fieldname>varcertsREADBEFORE</fieldname>
+ <description><![CDATA[<b>This field is just to make sure you know what you are doing here!</b><br>
+ <b>If you enter anything the changes here will take effect after "save" - if it's empty - nothing will happen</b><br><br>
+
+ This page uses the freeradius2 built-in script called "bootstrap" to create CA and certs. The disatvantage of this script is that nothing of your changes will be saved in the global config.xml file. So after a systemcrash or reinstallation of freeradius2 package
+ all your CA and certs will be lost. If you have a backup of all these files on an USB stick or another server than you can copy them back in the freeradius certs folder.<br><br>
+
+ <b>The better way is to use the pfsense built-in Cert Manager (SYSTEM-> Cert Manager).</b> The CA-Cert and Server-Cert you created there you just have to copy to the freeradius certs folder and pointing to these certs in eap.
+ The advantage of this is that all your CA and certs will be saved in global config.xml and can be restored.]]></description>
+ <type>input</type>
+ <required/>
+ <default_value></default_value>
+ </field>
+ <field>
<name>Distinguished Name for CA, Server and Client</name>
<type>listtopic</type>
</field>
@@ -171,8 +186,8 @@
<field>
<fielddescr>Certificate Password (CA, Server and Client)</fielddescr>
<fieldname>varcertspassword</fieldname>
- <description><![CDATA[Enter the password for the CA, Server and Client.<br>
- This is the password you need to enter in eap.conf so that freeradius can read the cert. (Default: whatever)]]></description>
+ <description><![CDATA[Enter the password for the CA, Server and Client. This is the password you need to enter in eap.conf
+ so that freeradius can read the cert. This field could be empty. (Default: whatever)]]></description>
<type>password</type>
<default_value>whatever</default_value>
</field>