(dammit, sent to jeremy directly last time, sorry) > >For the exact same reasons RADIUS exists in the first place? > RADIUS was created to authenticate Dialup users
a common authentication and accounting system for dialup users, yes. It's grown into a common auth/acct system for user-based systems now. > > Consistency? > You think Vendor Specific Attributes are consistent? it's no different than DHCP's vendor-specific shit... it's a way to arbitrarily expand the use of the system without breaking the protocol entirely. It's say this is a moot point. > >The ability to change authentication backends without having to touch *? > You can do this already. With unixodbc, true. But you're still not able to tie in neatly with any existing AAA systems. > >Passing off authentication to a third party? > You can do this already. How is this done cleanly? > >I wonder if Brian is going to make a unixodbc_radius... :-) > I'll let Brian squeak up for himself on this issue, but I'm sure you > won't like his response. That's fine, that's the beauty of open source. :-) Regards, Andrew _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users