From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Mar 2 19:12: 1 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from phoncella.ameritech.net (adsl-pool29-152.detroit.mi.ameritech.net [64.108.62.152]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C1E337B71B for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2001 19:11:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ehoward@phoncella.ameritech.net) Received: (from ehoward@localhost) by phoncella.ameritech.net (8.11.0/8.11.0) id f2338ET01371 for freebsd-isp@freebsd.org; Fri, 2 Mar 2001 22:08:14 -0500 Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 22:08:14 -0500 From: "Eric L. Howard" To: FreeBSD ISP List Subject: local auth vs RADIUS... Message-ID: <20010302220814.A1354@ameritech.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i X-FavoriteScripture: Romans 8:18 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Anyone have any metrics of scale for when it's best to convert authentication for a RAS from local (/etc/passwd) auth to something such as RADIUS? How quickly do system auth method show themselves to be 'unscalable'? In addition how reliable has ppp(8) + RADIUS been for anyone who's configured it w/ scale (100s of users) in mind? ~ELH~ -- E r i c L. H o w a r d e h o w a r d @ a m e r i t e c h . n e t //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// "You can't hold a man down without staying down with him." -Booker T. Washington PGP KeyID:0x27586E9B Fingerprint:0BF7 F677 E4F3 E2F1 ACBF F786 754A 8F11 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message