On Oct 5, 2008, at 13:27, A.L.M.Buxey@lboro.ac.uk 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.
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