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FreeRADIUS Beginner's Guide

You're reading from   FreeRADIUS Beginner's Guide Master authentication, authorization, and accessing your network resources using FreeRADIUS

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2011
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849514088
Length 344 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to AAA and RADIUS FREE CHAPTER 2. Installation 3. Getting Started with FreeRADIUS 4. Authentication 5. Sources of Usernames and Passwords 6. Accounting 7. Authorization 8. Virtual Servers 9. Modules 10. EAP 11. Dictionaries 12. Roaming and Proxying 13. Troubleshooting A. Pop Quiz Answers Index

LDAP as a user store

Directories are designed for fast reading. They are stricter compared to databases when it comes to the data types they can contain. Directories are organized according to a hierarchical structure. Directories can store user details, which can be queried and authenticated against. Directories are also designed to replicate easily. This makes directories the ideal user store.

LDAP is a protocol for accessing a directory over a TCP/IP network. It can be used to store public e-mail addresses, authenticate users, manage digital certificates, and supply information about the nodes or devices on a network. Novell's eDirectory and Microsoft Active Directory both contain an LDAP server component. An alternative to this is the open source OpenLDAP project. OpenLDAP is a very mature project with reliable LDAP software used in many places and by many projects. The server component is called slapd. This section will use a very basic slapd server to demonstrate the use of LDAP...

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