Hi, On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 11:39:37AM +0100, Francois Chenais wrote: > Hello, > > I'm looking for a (the best) radiusd server. > I also need radius dev libraries to developpe a radius client. > > What is the bettet choice ? Warning: I'm heavily biased towards OpenRADIUS, as I'm its author. Nonetheless, I'll try to give a fair comparison: * Cistron RADIUS: mature, stable, works well, not modular, has a client (no library through). * FreeRADIUS: supports a huge number of modules, is the new standard, widely used, comes with client (no library AFAIK). * OpenRADIUS: offers more flexibility than FreeRADIUS in the dictionary and policies, has a language-independent FastCGI-like module interface. Has no client library either, but a client that you can use from your own programs by running it on a pair of pipes; supports large numbers of concurrent requests, redundant target servers, and on the fly PAP and CHAP password encoding. "Best" depends on what you want to use it for. If you want stability, simplicity and excellent Livingston-compatibility, go with Cistron RADIUS. If you need a SQL backend, a session database, lots of features, go for FreeRADIUS. If you need more flexibility and stability than FreeRADIUS and can live with the limited choice of modules (ASCII files, LDAP or Unix password db), go for OpenRADIUS. Cheers, Emile. -- E-Advies / Emile van Bergen | emile@e-advies.info tel. +31 (0)70 3906153 | http://www.e-advies.info
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