Just about any OS can us CHAP. It is a standard. Forgive me if any of the following is wrong, but it should be enough to explain the difference between CHAP/PAP.
PAP: Plain-test Authentication Protocol The password is set from the dialup computer to the NAS in Plain-text. It is the sent to the radius server in plain text, and as such, it can log the actually password if it is incorrect. CHAP: Challange Handshack Authentication Protocol The password in encrypted in the dialup PC, and the encrypted password along with the encryption key is sent to the NAS (It never knows the real password). The NAS sends the encrypted password and key to the radius server. The radius server, which has a local copy of the password stored in clear text, read's the real password and encypt's it with the key provided by the dial-up PC. It then compares the two encyrped passwords to see if they match. Windows NT/2000/XP are the most common users of CHAP authentication. You need to set them to "use unsecured password". Andrew Tait System Administrator Country NetLink Pty, Ltd E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.cnl.com.au 30 Bank St Cobram, VIC 3644, Australia Ph: +61 (03) 58 711 000 Fax: +61 (03) 58 711 874 "It's the smell! If there is such a thing." Agent Smith - The Matrix ----- Original Message ----- From: "info@GoldenIT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 3:34 PM Subject: re:<CHAP-Password> > If i can't see the passwords that means i have half the knowledge to trouble > shoot customers Login problems. Which isn't good....any idea which OS use > CHAP passwords. > thanks > iq > > > - > List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html > - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
