Hello! Anyone aware of any perl module, which provide libfreeradius-radius interface? Thanks in advance! -- Alexandr Kovalenko http://uafug.org.ua/
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 11:34 PM, Alan DeKok <aland@deployingradius.com> wrote:
Anyone aware of any perl module, which provide libfreeradius-radius interface?
Search CPAN for RADIUS client libraries.
Thank you, but searching CPAN is prerequisite for writing to maillist :) The idea is that there is none in CPAN. I mean no reliable module, yet simple module, which could read freeradius dictionaries, make auth/acct/coa requests. Authen::Radius is pretty simple, but it has some problems with reading dictionaries of freeradius, and it's own dictionaries are pretty outdated. POE-Component-Client-RADIUS-1.02 can't issue coa/pod packets and "a bit" overkill in complexity of implementation - POE, which is not needed there. The best thing is to have something like Authen::Radius, but more reliable and able to read new dictionaries. I know it has been updated recently to 0.20, but it does not completely fix compatibility problems with vendor attributes and/or values, only quick fix to make it work in most common cases. Still have problems. That's why I'm asking for help in mailing list - maybe I am overlooking some really good, small and efficient Perl module which supports all types of messages - auth/acct/coa. Thanks in advance. -- Alexandr Kovalenko http://uafug.org.ua/
Alexandr Kovalenko wrote:
Thank you, but searching CPAN is prerequisite for writing to maillist :)
Most people don't do that.
The idea is that there is none in CPAN. I mean no reliable module, yet simple module, which could read freeradius dictionaries, make auth/acct/coa requests.
Authen::Radius is pretty simple, but it has some problems with reading dictionaries of freeradius, and it's own dictionaries are pretty outdated.
The dictionary format has never been standardized. See the "scripts/snmp-proxy" directory in 2.1.10 for patches to let the Perl modules read FreeRADIUS dictionaries.
POE-Component-Client-RADIUS-1.02 can't issue coa/pod packets and "a bit" overkill in complexity of implementation - POE, which is not needed there.
<shrug> Well...
The best thing is to have something like Authen::Radius, but more reliable and able to read new dictionaries. I know it has been updated recently to 0.20, but it does not completely fix compatibility problems with vendor attributes and/or values, only quick fix to make it work in most common cases. Still have problems.
So submit a patch. It's not software *we* wrote, so maybe talking to the module author would help?
That's why I'm asking for help in mailing list - maybe I am overlooking some really good, small and efficient Perl module which supports all types of messages - auth/acct/coa.
Google works. It is showing you everything that is available. There is no secret Perl module with the functionality you want. Alan DeKok.
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