PEAP-MS-CHAPv2 Authentication Could Allow Information Disclosure, Windows Phone(technet.microsoft.com)
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PEAP-MS-CHAPv2 Authentication Could Allow Information Disclosure, Windows Phone
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/advisory/2876146
This isn't news.
If you disable certificate checking, then the authentication security of TLS goes away. Your traffic is still encrypted, but you have no idea who you're talking to.
This means that the attacker gets access to the MS-CHAPv2 data. Which we know can be attacked off-line via dictionary attacks.
Always enable certificate checking for 802.1X. If you don't, you're handing your authentication credentials to anyone.
And always know which certificate you're checking. Some deployments use certificates signed by a known root, and for "ease of use", allow any certificate signed by that root.
Well... the root CAs sign thousands of certificates a day. You've just configured your system to hand authentication credentials to anyone.
Don't do that.