Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 10:36:57 -0500 (EST) From: William Bulley <web@merit.edu> To: map@iphil.net (Miguel A.L. Paraz) Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, andrew@nash.pubnix.net Subject: Re: RADIUS Message-ID: <199602151536.KAA25273@ohm.merit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199602150444.MAA08392@marikit.iphil.net> from "Miguel A.L. Paraz" at Feb 15, 96 12:44:10 pm
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According to Miguel A.L. Paraz: > > I would appreciate advice on how to use such a system where > user accounts are divided between different boxes. Would > NIS/NIS+ do it? Or perhaps, a distributed RADIUS system > like in the (complicated) Merit radiusd? I would advise against NIS/NIS+/YP due to the security concerns therein. I would advise in favor of the distributed (proxy) approach used by Merit RADIUS (but some may say I'm biased...) :-) I, of course, would never say that, but you may, if you like. ;^) Regards, web... -- William Bulley, N8NXN Senior Systems Research Programmer Merit Network Inc. Domain: web@merit.edu 4251 Plymouth Road MaBell: (313) 764-9993 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105-2785 Fax: (313) 747-3185
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