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Paperback | 18 October 2002

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Remote Authentication Dial-In User Radius (RADIUS) is a widely deployed protocol that enables companies to authenticate, authorize and account for remote users who want access to a system or service from a central network server. This text is a detailed guide to the underpinnings of RADIUS protocol, with particular emphasis on the utility of user accounting. Author Jonathan Hassell draws from his extensive experience in Internet service provider operations to bring practical suggestions and advice for implementing RADIUS. He also provides instructions for using an open-source variation called FreeRADIUS. This book covers RADIUS completely, from the history and theory of the architecture around which it was designed, to how the protocol and its ancillaries function on a day-to-day basis, to implementing RADIUS-based security in a variety of corporate and service provider environments. If you are an ISP owner or administrator, corporate IT professional responsible for maintaining mobile user connectivity, or a web presence provider responsible for providing multiple communications resources, you'll want this book to help you master this widely implemented but little understood protoc

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Preface	p. ix
An Overview of RADIUS	p. 1
An Overview of AAA	p. 1
Key Points About AAA Architecture	p. 4
The Authorization Framework	p. 6
And Now, RADIUS	p. 15
RADIUS Specifics	p. 18
Using UDP versus TCP	p. 18
Packet Formats	p. 19
Packet Types	p. 21
Shared Secrets	p. 24
Attributes and Values	p. 25
Authentication Methods	p. 31
Realms	p. 33
RADIUS Hints	p. 34
Standard RADIUS Attributes	p. 36
Attribute Properties	p. 36
RADIUS Accounting	p. 63
Key Points in RADIUS Accounting	p. 63
Basic Operation	p. 64
The Accounting Packet Format	p. 65
Accounting Packet Types	p. 67
Accounting-specific Attributes	p. 69
Getting Started with FreeRADIUS	p. 77
Introduction to FreeRADIUS	p. 77
Installing FreeRADIUS	p. 78
In-depth Configuration	p. 89
Troubleshooting Common Problems	p. 96
Advanced FreeRADIUS	p. 99
Using PAM	p. 99
Proxying and Realms	p. 101
Using the clients.conf File	p. 102
FreeRADIUS with Some NAS Gear	p. 103
Using MySQL with FreeRADIUS	p. 106
Simultaneous Use	p. 112
Monitoring FreeRADIUS	p. 116
Other RADIUS Applications	p. 118
RADIUS for Web Authentication	p. 118
Using the LDAP Directory Service	p. 123
Parsing RADIUS Accounting Files	p. 127
The Security of RADIUS	p. 131
Vulnerabilities	p. 131
The Extensible Authentication Protocol	p. 135
Compensating for the Deficiencies	p. 136
Modifying the RADIUS Protocol	p. 137
New RADIUS Developments	p. 139
Interim Accounting Updates	p. 139
The Apple Remote Access Protocol	p. 140
The Extensible Authentication Protocol	p. 142
Tunneling Protocols	p. 144
New Extensions Attributes	p. 146
Deployment Techniques	p. 159
Typical Services	p. 159
RADIUS and Availability	p. 162
Other Things RADIUS	p. 175
Attribute Reference	p. 177
Index	p. 181
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