802.1x Certificates
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This page summarizes the requirements for certificates and their properties, as they apply to the 802.1x (EAP-TLS) authentication of OpenStage and optiPoint IP phones.
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1. Basic requirements to 802.1x certificates
- The intended purpose must be "client authentication".
- The purpose to use must be "signature and encryption".
- The type is X.509-certificate, version: 3.
- The algorithm class for the private dey is: 0xa000(5) ALG_CLASS_KEY_EXCHANGE
- Normally is used sha1RSA, however, it can be fallen back on various other algorithms, provided that these algorithms are supported by OpenSSL and e.g. Win2003.
- From DLS view there are any X.509 V3 certificates possible. The only restriction is the size (max. approx. 7kB).
Phone-certificate
- X509v3 Extended Key Usage: Client Authentication
- RSA Public Key: (1024 bit) with optiPoint, (2048 bit) with OpenStage
RADIUS-certificate
- RSA Public Key: (2048 bit)
- X509v3 extensions:
- X509v3 Key usage: critical, digital signature, key Encipherment, key agreement, certificate Sign
- X509v3 Extended key usage: server authentication, client authentication
SubCA-certificate
- RSA Public Key: (2048/4096 bit)
- X509v3 extensions:
- X509v3 Basic Constraints: critical, CA:TRUE
- X509v3 Key Usage: critical, Digital Signature, Certificate Sign, CRL Sign
RootCA-certificate
- RSA public key: (2048/4096 bit)
- X509v3 extensions:
- X509v3 basic constraints: critical, CA:TRUE
- X509v3 Key usage: critical, digital signature, certificate sign, CRL Sign
2. Difference between optiPoint und OpenStage
- optiPoint SIP/HFA:
- Phone-certificate(certificate chain + priv. key in PKCS#12 container)
- RootCA-certificate (= public key = first element of the RADIUS-certificate chain) or
- RADIUS-certificate (= public key des RADIUS-certificates)
- Key size: 1024 Bit
- OpenStage SIP/HFA:
- Phone-certificate (certificate chain + priv. key in PKCS#12 container)
- RootCA-certificate (= public key = first element of the RADIUS-certificate chain)
- Key size: max. 2048 Bit, should be limited for reasons of the compatibility to optiPoint to 1024 bits.