From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Jul 24 15:18:56 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from kira.epconline.net (kira2.epconline.net [209.83.132.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB53137B401 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2001 15:18:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from carock@epconline.net) Received: from therock (betterguard.epconline.net [207.206.185.193]) by kira.epconline.net (8.11.4/8.11.4) with SMTP id f6OMIpZ88551 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2001 17:18:51 -0500 (CDT) From: "Chuck Rock" To: Subject: RE: RADIUS server on FreeBSD 4.x-RELEASE Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 17:18:51 -0500 Message-ID: <004a01c1148e$9e210440$1805010a@epconline.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <20010724223708.E83511@jake.akitanet.co.uk> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org What's wrong with ... ascend-radius-980618 ? Chuck > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Paul Robinson > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 4:37 PM > To: alexus > Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: RADIUS server on FreeBSD 4.x-RELEASE > > > On Jul 24, alexus wrote: > > > Hello > > > > I need to install RADIUS server on FreeBSD 4.2 and/or 4.3 (I > dont think it'd > > be whole a lot different) but anyway.. > > > > I went to http://www.livingston.com/ and i was confused due to they have > > version for linux for other os but not for FreeBSD.. > > > > anyone dealt with that? any suggestions? (besides using ports/packages) > > Suggestion number one: don't use Livingston RADIUS. The following have all > been played with by myself, and although they require a bit of work to get > up and running (all RADIUS software has a bit of a learning curve due to > lack of proper documentation), they have all worked well for me in a > production environment: > > Cistron - probably the most popular RADIUS server out there. Many of the > ones below here are cistron-derived > > FreeRadius - promising work, technically "not suitable for production > environments" but it seems quite stable to me > > ICRADIUS - specifically designed for users to exist in a MySQL > table, so you > get a web front-end to it. In addition, accounting goes to MySQL, > so you can > write code that produces nice stats quite quickly > > XTRadius - I have had very little experience with this, but this is by far > the most flexible version providing you have time to write code. I haven't > had a chance to benchmark it yet, but am planning to do soon to > see how the > external calls affect performance. > > -- > Paul Robinson ,--------------------------------------- > Technical Director @ Akita | A computer lets you make more mistakes > PO Box 604, Manchester, M60 3PR | than any other invention with the > T: +44 (0) 161 228 6388 (F:6389)| possible exceptions of handguns and > | Tequila - Mitch Ratcliffe > `----- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message