Hello Daniel -
The amount of code that runs in AuthBy RADIUS to forward a packet is very
minimal, so forwarding times should be at most a couple of milliseconds.
regards
Hugh
On Fri, 06 Oct 2000, daniel wrote:
> Just out of curiousity, do you see any performance changes in speed when
> you are using radiators with AuthBy RADIUS?
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've got a bit of a problem with replies to accounting records, which I'm a
> > bit stumped over.
> >
> > Basically we implemented a new configuration recently where a Radiator
> > server receives accounting requests, and proxies them to another Radiator
> > server and then another Radiator server (yes, three Radiators involved).
> > Previously the first Radiator server used to deal with the accounting
> > requests itself.
> >
> > Apparently (I've yet to dig up conclusive logs) the first Radiator server
> > used to reply to the accounting packets and include all the attributes that
> > where in the original packet and put them in the Accounting-Response packet.
> > I'm now currently filtering out the "alive" packets at the second Radiator
> > proxy using this handler:
> >
> > <Handler Acct-Status-Type=Alive>
> > <AuthBy TEST>
> > </AuthBy>
> > </Handler>
> >
> > which is just replying to the "alive" packets.
> >
> > The first Radiator proxy used to use the AuthBy FILE method of
> > authenticating users before we changed it to an AuthBy RADIUS
> >
> > I'm just trying to work out whether this would have spat back all the
> > attributes in say, an "alive" packet in the Accounting-Response packet, or
> > whether I'm being told the wrong thing by the people that are now missing
> > these attributes.
> >
> > Hope this makes sense.
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > Andrew Pollock Systems Integrator
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.asiaonline.net/
> > Phone: +61 2 6267 5610
> > Fax: +61 2 6200 2700
> >
> > Asia Online
> >
> >
> > ===
> > Archive at http://www.starport.net/~radiator/
> > Announcements on [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > To unsubscribe, email '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' with
> > 'unsubscribe radiator' in the body of the message.
> >
>
>
> ===
> Archive at http://www.starport.net/~radiator/
> Announcements on [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To unsubscribe, email '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' with
> 'unsubscribe radiator' in the body of the message.
--
Radiator: the most portable, flexible and configurable RADIUS server
anywhere. SQL, proxy, DBM, files, LDAP, NIS+, password, NT, Emerald,
Platypus, Freeside, Interbiller, TACACS+, PAM, external, etc, etc.
Available on Unix, Linux, FreeBSD, Windows 95/98/2000, NT, MacOS X.
===
Archive at http://www.starport.net/~radiator/
Announcements on [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To unsubscribe, email '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' with
'unsubscribe radiator' in the body of the message.
