Ian Pilcher <arequip...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm a complete newbie to RADIUS, looking to make use of the features of > my new "smart" switches and wireless access point to secure my home > network, so the title certainly sounds right. > > Has anyone had a look at this book yet? If so, what are your thoughts? > I am currently reviewing it and hopefully in the next few days will put up my thoughts on it:
http://www.digriz.org.uk/review-book-freeradius-beginners-guide The author (Dirk van der Walt) lurks on this mailing list. The content is generally rather good, and aside from a few typos, the book is let only on some relatively *minor* points: * use of vendor specifics (Mikrotik/Coova focus), this is probably is related to the authors day-job :) * unfortunately short EAP section, ignoring session resumption and why particular EAP methods meet particular needs * EAP tests done with JRadius and not eapol_test * rlm_filter coverage is a bit short (less than one page) * debugging/diagnosis is covered *far* too late in the book and then generally not at all. Missing are hints on how to make your life easier as a sysadmin (liberal use of screen+tee, rlm_detail and it would not have gone amiss a network monitoring probe thing) All trivially fixed in a revision two if such a thing comes about. Arguably though, and no doubt quite rightly, my points above probably would be better addressed by a FreeRADIUS *reference* book rather than a beginners guide...so I probably am being mean :) The price is reasonable, and if you are a complete newbie, it will get you on your feet. The book definitely does what it says on the tin and I would give it a 7 out of 10... Cheers -- Alexander Clouter .amongst says: Dibble's First Law of Sociology: Some do, some don't. - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
