Aah, i like the reverse psyhology approach here, but I'm just trying to gather information and knowledge from different sources.<br><br>Sorry for my newbiness, will dive into the documentation and decide whether to use PAP or store passwords in clear text.
<br><br>EAP_TTLS would work, but windows XP client doesn't support it, and i would like to avoid installing extra supplicant.<br><br>thanks for everybody's time...<br><br>greetz,<br>primski<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 10/23/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Alan DeKok</b> <<a href="mailto:aland@deployingradius.com">aland@deployingradius.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
primoz wrote:<br>> And PAP is not very safe and smart way to go as i read it.<br><br> PAP is fine for RADIUS.<br><br>> So, crypted passwords are usefull only in web applications?<br><br> That's not at all what I said. I specifically mentioned Unix logins.
<br> Crypt'd passwords are useful only for PAP. There are many, many, kinds<br>of systems using clear-text passwords (i.e. PAP) for authentication.<br><br>> I read a lot<br>> lately about, how one should never store passwords in clear text, i
<br>> guess that applies only to web apps.<br><br> No. It's written by people who either don't understand security, OR<br>aren't using EAP methods. Again, if all you're doing is PAP, then<br>crypt'd passwords are OK. If you need EAP, you also need clear-text
<br>passwords.<br><br> Stop trying to apply comments from web application "how-to's" to<br>RADIUS. They're not the same, and the security analysis is not the same.<br><br>> It is safe, sane, and common practice to store passwords in clear
<br>> text.<br>><br>> I do not have many experience with this, in fact its my first project on<br>> the matter.<br><br> Then why are you questioning the answers you get here?<br><br> Alan DeKok.<br>-<br>
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