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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

Some interesting modules

Under the modules sub-directory are many files. Some are special named sections for modules we already know, but others are totally new. Unfortunately not all installations of FreeRADIUS include the same number by default, but it is good to know what is available. The following table lists some modules:

Filename

Module

Function

detail

detail

Logs activity in detail inside files specific to the NAS and calendar day. Disable this if speed is a concern. The files detail.log and detail.example.com contains alternative configurations.

mac2ip

passwd

Maps a MAC address to an IP address.

mac2vlan

passwd

Maps a MAC address to a VLAN name.

dynamic-clients

dynamic-clients

Used when the client of the FreeRADIUS server has an IP address that changes.

otp

otp

Used to implement one-time passwords

echo

exec

A template that makes use of the exec module to call the echo external program.

perl

perl

A template used with the example.pl file inside...

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