From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 24 19:03:53 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA17306 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 24 Jan 1996 19:03:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from crh.cl.msu.edu (crh.cl.msu.edu [35.8.1.24]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA17288 for ; Wed, 24 Jan 1996 19:03:49 -0800 (PST) Received: (from henrich@localhost) by crh.cl.msu.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id WAA05578; Wed, 24 Jan 1996 22:03:37 -0500 Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 22:03:37 -0500 From: Charles Henrich Message-Id: <199601250303.WAA05578@crh.cl.msu.edu> To: mbarkah@hemi.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: annex vs. portmaster to server freebsd Newsgroups: lists.freebsd.hackers References: <4e6fpm$lk7@msunews.cl.msu.edu> X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #3 (NOV) Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk In lists.freebsd.hackers you write: >Hello, >We're going to purchase a terminal server (either annex III or >portmaster 2-e) to serve a FreeBSD box. Any preferences between >the xylogics and livingston line ? I'm especially interested in >knowing which authentication software works with FreeBSD. I've >seen talk about Radius, but I'm not very familiar with either >products (we've been using Cisco units with TACACS) We have both Annex's and Portmaster's here at MSU, and I can say from personal experience, that the Portmasters dont hold a candle to the Annex in terms of flexibility, and useability. The Annex authentication server works under freebsd with a little modification, and works quite well. It also exports all sorts of control to the unix host regarding the authentication process. -Crh -- Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu http://rs560.msu.edu/~henrich/