HP-UX AAA Server A.08.00.01 Administrator's Guide

• Protected Identity Exchanges using AT_CHECKCODE is supported on a per realm
basis.
• Authentication Management Field (AMF) is supported on a per realm basis.
• Algorithmically or randomly generated pseudonyms are supported on a per realm
basis.
• To ensure that permanent user names, pseudonyms, and fast re-authentication
user names are distinct and can be easily distinguished from one another, the
server generates pseudonyms with the leading character 4 and fast re-authentication
user names with the leading character 5. In accordance with the RFC, permanent
user names derived from the IMSI are prefixed with the leading character 0.
• A user's subscriber key, Ki, sequence number, mode, and the name of the
appropriate AKA algorithms, can be stored in an external database or a local file.
The server automatically generates the authentication vector from this information.
• An authentication vector can be stored in a local file. This is intended for use in a
lab environment, and requires no additional user-written plug-ins.
• The user credentials can be retrieved from an AuC if the customer implements an
AATV, which communicates with the AuC.
• AKA 3GPP Milenage algorithms are provided with parameters that can be
configured.
• The Milenage AKA algorithm can be customized with a simple plug-in.
• Additional AKA algorithms provided by the customer can be plugged into the
server.
• Occurrences and values of received AKA attributes are validated.
• Support for pseudonym and fast re-authentication identity mapping is built-in,
without the need for an external database.
Benefits
EAP-AKA offers the following benefits:
• In devices that already contain an identity module, AKA can be used as a secure
Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) authentication method.
• Enables the use of third generation mobile network authentication infrastructure
in wireless LANs.
• Supports the co-existence of the existing infrastructure with any other EAP
technology.
• Supports identity privacy.
• Supports result indications.
• Supports fast re-authentication.
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