Re: cascading Radius-Servers

William Bulley (web@merit.edu)
Mon, 16 Dec 1996 19:05:17 -0500 (EST)

According to Ulf Schmidt:
>
> I have to contact two radius-servers. In case the login is not found
> on the first one, I want a second one to be checked, no matter
> what result the first server returned (unless the first one is
> successful, of course).
>
> This cannot be done by entering an alternative server, since this one
> is only checked if the first doesn't respond at all.
>
> I'm running Merit Radius 2.4.21. Is is possible to cascade the
> servers so one server asks another one in addition to it's own
> configuration? Hope I made this clear...

This isn't possible with the Merit server and it probably isn't
even legal according to the RFC -- I know that the PortMaster
doesn't work this way...

Regards,

web...

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