Re: pam support for ppp

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Michael Klein wrote:

> Remember that this only works with PAP, not CHAP (sigh!).
> 
> You won't get the more secure 2-way handshaking that chap provides, however
> given this IS a dialup line, security is considered naturally a bit tighter
> than always-on totally sniffable internet connections...so pap s/b fine.
> Real ISPs don't use pap/chap anyways, they use Radius or something else.


RADIUS is just an authentication protocol that a terminal server uses
to authenticate the user.  The terminal server still talks PAP/CHAP to
the PPP Dialup client.  RADIUS doesn't replace or change that.

-- 

Dale E. Reed Jr.    Emerald and RadiusNT/X
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IEA Software, Inc.   www.iea-software.com






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