(RADIATOR) CHAP vs. PAP

[Hugh Irvine]

Hello Griff -

As long as you have plain-text passwords in your database, the NAS(s) can use 
either PAP or CHAP. If you have encrypted passwords in your database, the 
NAS(s) can only use PAP.

Have a look at rfc2865 for the details ("doc/rfc2865.txt").

regards

Hugh


On Wed, 12 Dec 2001 11:26, Griff Hamlin, III wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have a question regarding CHAP and PAP password authentication. All of
> our routers use PAP, but now some managed modem companies here are
> wanting to use CHAP. As far as I can tell from reading through the
> Radiator docs, it doesn't seem to care (using AuthBy SQL). Is this
> correct? If Radiator doesn't care whether it is using CHAP or PAP, can
> anyone tell me what part of the chain would (dialup computer, modem,
> NAS)?
>
> Thanks for any help you can give on this matter.
>
> Griff Hamlin, III
>
> ===
> Archive at http://www.open.com.au/archives/radiator/
> Announcements on radiator-announce at open.com.au
> To unsubscribe, email 'majordomo at open.com.au' with
> 'unsubscribe radiator' in the body of the message.

-- 
Radiator: the most portable, flexible and configurable RADIUS server
anywhere. Available on *NIX, *BSD, Windows 95/98/2000, NT, MacOS X.
-
Nets: internetwork inventory and management - graphical, extensible,
flexible with hardware, software, platform and database independence.
===
Archive at http://www.open.com.au/archives/radiator/
Announcements on radiator-announce at open.com.au
To unsubscribe, email 'majordomo at open.com.au' with
'unsubscribe radiator' in the body of the message.