The Livingston Enterprises RADIUS Server release 2.0 is now available
in a binary distribution via FTP, and will be available in source form
to Livingston customers on our November Software CD in late November.
The RADIUS Server 2.0 is available only to Livingston Customers; if you
own any Livingston Enterprises hardware the RADIUS server is available
to you at no charge. That includes the PortMaster 2 and PortMaster 3
product lines, IRX Routers, and PortMaster Office Routers. For more
details see License, below.
RADIUS Server release 2.0 adds support for menuing, Prefixes and
Suffixes, SecurID security tokens, easier use of DBM for the user
database, and client caching for improved performance on large networks
of PortMasters.
See http://www.livingston.com/Tech/Docs/RADIUS/ for an online copy of
this announcement with pointers to the software release, release notes,
answers to Frequently Asked Questions, PostScript Manual, PDF Manual,
AND an online HTML manual that contains the FULL text of the RADIUS
Administrator's Guide.
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Documentation
The RADIUS Administrator's Guide should be available in hardcopy from
Livingston Enterprises November 6th, 1996, and is available online now
in these formats:
* HTML
* PostScript
* Adobe Acrobat PDF
Also available are RADIUS 2.0 Release Notes and answers to Frequently Asked
Questions.
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Getting RADIUS 2.0
The RADIUS 2.0 binary release is available via FTP for the following
platforms under ftp://ftp.livingston.com/pub/le/software/.
* SunOS 4.1.4
* Solaris 2.5
* HP/UX 10.01
* Linux 1.2.13 (ELF)
* AIX 3.2.5
* SGI Irix 5.2
* DEC Alpha OSF/1 3.0
* BSD/OS 2.0
RADIUS 2.0 for Solaris/X86 will be available at a future date.
RADIUS 2.0 is not available for NT (yet).
RADIUS 2.0 binaries are not available for SCO, Unixware or any platform
not listed above, but the source (when available next month) should be
easy to port to any UNIX platform with an ANSI C compiler.
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License
Copyright 1992-1996 Livingston Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
This software is provided under license from Livingston Enterprises,
Inc., the terms and conditions of which are set forth in an End User
Agreement that is contained in both the product packaging, and
electronically on the Livingston ftp site. This software may only be
used in conjunction with Livingston (or Livingston authorized)
products. Livingston makes no warranties to any licensee concerning the
applicability of the software to licensee's specific requirements or
the suitability of the software for any intended use. Licensee shall
not remove, modify or alter any copyright and/or other proprietary
rights notice and must faithfully reproduce all such notices on any
copies or modifications to this software that it makes.
Livingston Enterprises, Inc. makes no representations about the
suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is"
without express or implied warranty.
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RADIUS 2.0 Frequently Asked Questions
These are available online at http://www.livingston.com/Tech/Docs/RADIUS/radfaq.shtml
and will be updated frequently, so check there if you don't find your question here.
Q. When will RADIUS 2.0 be out?
Now.
Q. Does it run on NT?
Not yet, but we plan to offer it on NT later. Here is a list of supported
platforms.
Q. When will source be available?
Source will be available at no charge to Livingston customers on our
November Software CD. We're investigating methods of making source
available by HTTP or FTP while still maintaining the license. If you have
suggestions feel free to email our webmaster at spider@livingston.com.
Q. Can it limit users to a single login at a time?
No. You can still use the Merit or ESVA radius servers for that, though.
Q. Can I have a user switch between PPP and Telnet service based on username
(Pfred vs. fred)?
Easily. Here's an example using Prefix.
Q. Can I prompt the user to choose a service after authentication?
Easily, with menu support. There's an example on the online FAQ.
Q. How do I upgrade from RADIUS 1.16 to RADIUS 2.0?
Upgrading is simple. Get the binary release, copy the dictionary
file from that to your /etc/raddb/dictionary file (it's backwards
compatible), copy the new radiusd to /etc/radiusd or wherever you
prefer, kill your old radiusd, start the new radiusd. If you were
using the DBM version of radiusd 1.16, for radiusd 2.0 you would
run "radiusd -b"instead. You no longer have to recompile radiusd
in order to use DBM.
The names of certain attributes have been changed. Both the old
and new names for the attribute are accepted in the users file,
but the accounting logs will use the new names. Either update your
accounting scripts or modify the 2.0 dictionary according to the
instructions near the top of the dictionary file in order to still
use the old names for the accounting log. New accounting scripts
that work with both RADIUS 1.16 and RADIUS 2.0 are available at
ftp://ftp.livingston.com/pub/le/radius/scripts/.
-- Carl Rigney cdr@livingston.com