[kwlug-disc] Radius (was: Re: Introduction - Mark)

[Mark Steffen]

Radius can be used for lots of things, common uses would be for Wifi
authentication, or to authenticate VPNs.

*Mark Steffen*
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On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Hubert Chathi <hubert at uhoreg.ca> wrote:

> Since Radius was brought up...  I've been tempted to set up a Radius
> server on my home network, just to try it out, but the main issue is
> that I'm not sure what benefit Radius brings.  I already have an LDAP
> server, and it seems like everything that can use Radius can also use
> LDAP.  So is there any advantage that Radius has over just using LDAP
> directly?  What is Radius used for?
>
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