On Oct 5, 2008, at 13:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I have been using FreeRadius 1.x for a number of years. It has
worked
just fine. All I am using it for is to authenticate and authorize
dial-in users (its about as simple as you can get). The only unusual
item is I have a couple of fairly complex modules for authorization
and
accounting. The question is should I bother to upgrade to 2.x. I
don't
have a need for any of the new features it provides. I don't even
use
most of the features in 1.x. My largest concern is the modules. I
don't
recall seeing anything here about what changes would be required
for them
other than I believe they have to be compiled with the server.
Currently
the modules are compiled separately and placed in /usr/local/lib and
everything just works.
in your case, reasons would be, stability,
I have never had a stability issue with FreeRadius - it just works
without any attention from me.
speed,
Perhaps, but with about 10-20 authentication requests per hour thats
not much of an issue.
bug fixes,
Don't seem to have seen any bugs with the portions I use.
new server statistics access (SNMP and radmin tool),
I have all the stats I need (not much but with just dial-in there is
no need for much).
easy debugging
of single users or NAS etc.
Possibly, but never had a need for that - it just works.
the new version provides all of this
for you - and more for others due to its extensibility.
No question about that. I read about all the new authentication
features and its amazing how anyone can keep up with all that stuff.
However, if converting my modules is going to be a big deal, I don't
see any real advantage.
alan
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