RE: (PM) Radius Secret

Jake Messinger (jake@ams.com)
Sun, 11 Apr 1999 16:23:04 -0500 (CDT)

On Sun, 11 Apr 1999, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:

:Hello
:I think people should read the Radius RFCs, they would get there answer.
:The radius secret is never (has never been) sent out.
:It is used to sign the Radius packets.
:Nor is the user password field. (This is a hidden AVP)

Actually the password is sent out in clear text with the radius utility to
create a radius user database by reading the password file on a pm -
pmreadpass. I think I was getting it confused with that.

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