From: Tony@TheDeli.Sandwich   
      
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   JF Mezei wrote:   
      
   > Marc Bissonnette wrote:   
   > > I hope you'll pardon what is probably a pretty simple question, but I'm   
   > > really not a hardware dude;   
   >   
   > But radius is software :-)   
   >   
   > > I often see mentions of Radius servers in the ISP world, either used purely   
   > > for their own needs and sometimes, in conjunction with interconnection with   
   > > an upstream like Bell - I'm just curious: What's the main function/benefit   
   > > of these ?   
   >   
   > Radius has 2 functions: authentication and logging.   
   >   
   > PPP and PPPoE as well as routers that use authentication (wi-fi for   
   > instance)  support the radius protocol for authentication.   
   >   
   > Radius is a distributed protocol which means that if you are an istop   
   > customer and use dialup to access a modem operated by VIF in montreal,   
   > the VIF radius server will forward your PPP authentication request to   
   > ISTOP's radius server.   
   >   
   > In PPPoE world for Bell, it is done differently with the BAS router   
   > taking a peek at the PPPoE aythentication request to see to whom it   
   > belongs and then just forwarding the authentication request to the ISP.   
   > The ISP is free to authenticate as it wishes.   
   >   
   > Radius is also used to centrally collect logs from routers and other   
   > devices. This includes PPP and PPPoE session start/stop so that an ISP's   
   > router will send out accounting details to a radius server which then   
   > forwards them to the ISP's accounting software.   
   >   
   > So when you end your PPPoE session, your usage data gets sent to a   
   > radius server by the router and then the radius writes the data to a log   
   > that is used by the accounting software.   
   >   
   > Authentication databases are generally LDAP based these days, so radius   
   > servers that need to process authentication will send LDAP requests to   
   > the central LDAP server. That server is also used to authenticate   
   > POP/IMAP, FTP, web etc.   
      
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