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Date:      Tue, 27 May 2025 08:53:21 -0500
From:      Andrew Wood <andrew1tree@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Implementing RADSEC
Message-ID:  <9F26B64E-126D-49E2-8E56-D3CE3C946072@gmail.com>

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Hi all,

Apologies if this is the wrong place to go, I don't really have any contribu=
ting experience. I was curious and looking around FreeBSD's RADIUS implement=
ation and noticed what appears to be a lack of RADSEC (RADIUS over TLS) in t=
he OS's source code. Granted, there IS a port named "radsecproxy" that allow=
s users to make use of it, but my personal thinking/opinion is that if using=
 RADIUS as a NAS (Network Access Server) is available natively through pam_r=
adius then perhaps if we want a "security by default" approach we should add=
 radsec to libradius and open up native use of RADSEC. Additionally, there's=
 an IETF draft in the works deprecating the use of UDP or TLS-less UDP (http=
s://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-radext-deprecating-radius/), which m=
ay or may not add some importance to something like this.

Thus, I come here asking, do y'all think it would be worth it or a good idea=
 for me to work on adding in TLS support for RADIUS, or am I best off lettin=
g the port that already exists for it use it?

Thanks,
Andrew=

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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Hi all,<div dir=3D"ltr"></div><div dir=3D"l=
tr"></div><div dir=3D"ltr"></div><div><br></div><div>Apologies if this is th=
e wrong place to go, I don't really have any contributing experience. I was c=
urious and looking around FreeBSD's RADIUS implementation and noticed what a=
ppears to be a lack of RADSEC (RADIUS over TLS) in the OS's source code. Gra=
nted, there IS a port named "radsecproxy" that allows users to make use of i=
t, but my personal thinking/opinion is that if using RADIUS as a NAS (Networ=
k Access Server) is available natively through pam_radius then perhaps if we=
 want a "security by default" approach we should add radsec to libradius and=
 open up native use of RADSEC. Additionally, there's an IETF draft in the wo=
rks deprecating the use of UDP or TLS-less UDP (<a href=3D"https://datatrack=
er.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-radext-deprecating-radius/">https://datatracker.i=
etf.org/doc/draft-ietf-radext-deprecating-radius/</a>), which may or may not=
 add some importance to something like this.</div><div><br></div><div>Thus, I=
 come here asking, do y'all think it would be worth it or a good idea for me=
 to work on adding in TLS support for RADIUS, or am I best off letting the p=
ort that already exists for it use it?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div=
><div>Andrew</div></body></html>=

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