is python more stable than the support for perl? i have much more experience in python than perl. also is the "perl/python" stuff persistent - or is the interpreter invoked for every request? i am asking as i think this is the main reason for Radiator's performance issues - in theory even a big interpreter loaded into RAM should run fine ... but I suspect something inefficent is happening with Radiator. tariq rashid -----Original Message----- From: freeradius-users-bounces@lists.freeradius.org [mailto:freeradius-users-bounces@lists.freeradius.org]On Behalf Of Alan DeKok Sent: 23 August 2005 16:54 To: FreeRadius users mailing list Subject: Re: best place for logic - users file or custom module? Tariq Rashid <tariq.rashid@uk.easynet.net> wrote:
hi, i'm planning a significant migration from a different radius server (Radiator, perl based).
That's good to hear!
our tests with freeradius show a much lighter server - its faster, and easier on memory and cpu. however the downside is that applying custom logic to the radius process is a bit more difficult.
Yes, there are trade-offs.
i'd like some advide on the best place to implement this logic. for example - a common scenario is for a request to come from A, and the reply to A contains instructions to extend a tunnel to a second device B. A second query from B is then received.
this case is handled easily in perl using "if()" constructs.
My suggestion is to use Perl. :) rlm_perl is in 1.0.4, but it's not stable. The CVS head is in transition, too. I would suggest grabbing revision 1.19 of rlm_perl from CVS, and building it into 1.0.4. It should work, and it will get you the custom logic you need. And, it will be multi-threaded, too. Alan DeKok. - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html