Dear members of the community,
First I'd like to thank all the people who answered my last message, I never
received the answers into my inbox, but I checked it on the archive.
I finally installed, and configured PacketFence and FreeRADIUS.
While I was reading the the PacketFence Administration Guide; I read that
PacketFence can authenticate users via a flat file, an LDAP/AD Server, or
RADIUS Server, and under the section FreeRADIUS Configuration, there are 3
options: Authentication against Active Directory, Local Authentication and
Authentication against LDAP, being the last one shown as "To be contributed..."
I was wondering, why is it necessary to install and configure a RADIUS Server,
if PacketFence can directly authenticate against an LDAP Server? Is there any
advantage of using a RADIUS Server? does it add another layer of security? I
know that the guide mentions that under some configurations, it is mandatory a
RADIUS Server, and even if we do not plan to use it, it is recommended to
install it, I'd like to know why. Another thing is if somebody have configured
FreeRADIUS against OpenLDAP, would it be possible to tell me where to find
proper documentation in order to do it myself?
I am not expecting to answer all of my questions, but I'd like to know if some
of you can point me to the right place to start looking my answers. Thank you
so much for your support!
Alberto
P.S. Another thing, does somebody have an idea why I don't get the replies in
my inbox? I can only read them through the archive.
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