A few months ago, on this blog, we talked about MACsec. In this post, I want to introduce the work we've done since then. Since that work revolves around methods to configure MACsec, this will also act as a guide to configure it by two methods: wpa_supplicant alone, or NetworkManager with wpa_supplicant. If you read the previous MACsec post, you probably thought that this whole business of generating keys and creating "secure associations" isn't very convenient, especially given that you...
MACsec is an IEEE standard for security in wired ethernet LANs. This blog , will give an overview of what MACsec is, how it differs from other security standards, and present some ideas about how it can be used. MACsec is a Layer 2 protocol that relies on GCM-AES-128 to offer integrity and confidentiality, and operates over ethernet. It can secure all traffic within a LAN, including DHCP and ARP, as well as traffic from higher layer protocols. It is...
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