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>2. Obtaining Certificates</H1
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>OpenSSL must be installed to use either EAP-TLS,
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>&#13; When using EAP-TLS, both the Authentication Server and all the
Supplicants (clients) need certificates [<A
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EAP-TTLS or PEAP, only the Authentication Server requires
certificates; Supplicant certificates are optional.
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>&#13; You get certificates from the local certificate authority (CA). If
there is no local CA available, <SPAN
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>&#13; Included with the <SPAN
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>&#13; <TT
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certificates based on some questions it
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non-interactively based on pre-defined information at the start of
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>&#13; More information on how to generate your own certificates can be
found in the <A
HREF="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/SSL-Certificates-HOWTO/"
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certificates HOWTO</A
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