On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 12:44:04PM -0700, Amit Gupta wrote: > May I know reasons for preferring freeradius. Our current system is based on > freeradius but we are planning to reengineer this to accommodate better > features.
I find it easy to use, good about following standards, with a wide base of developers, and it's pacakged for Debian. It has multi-platform support, and supports EAP like nothing else. It also is seeing strong support from VoIP people, and that's something I will be heading into. Its support for SQL is very easy to use, and with only one issue involving groups (in the FreeRADIUS bug database) it gives all the power of the files, but with the flexibility of an SQL database. It has an unimpeachable release policy, suitable for production server environments. The source is well structured, ensuring any problems can be quickly identified and reectified. Also features can be added with a minimum of fuss, although I think my plans for IPv6 work may prove a little intrusive initially. :-) It also helps that it's the annoited successor to Cistron RADIUSd, which _everyone_ knows and feels strongly about. :-) Also, the people on this mailing list _know_ their stuff, and the web is peppered with HOWTOs, usually involving FreeRADIUS as the RADIUS server. -- Paul "TBBle" Hampson, on an alternate email client. - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
