freeradius -> AD performance
I would like to replace the windows NPS service with freeradius. Freeradius provides a lot better visibility and control than the Microsoft NPS service. However, doing some very rudimentary performance analysis and my freeradius server is ~4-5times slower than the Microsoft NPS service. My wireless controllers provide a "test your radius server" command and it outputs the response time. I am testing using a known bad username and password against both radius servers. According to the wireless controller the MS NPS returns a result in ~3ms, while Freeradius returns a response in ~1000ms. The NPS server I am benchmarking is in production and under load while the freeradius server I am testing is not. Below is the output of freeradius -X as well as an example query. If anyone sees anything that might explain the ~300% performance difference, I'd appreciate it. main { security { user = "freerad" group = "freerad" allow_core_dumps = no } name = "freeradius" prefix = "/usr" localstatedir = "/var" logdir = "/var/log/freeradius" run_dir = "/var/run/freeradius" } main { name = "freeradius" prefix = "/usr" localstatedir = "/var" sbindir = "/usr/sbin" logdir = "/var/log/freeradius" run_dir = "/var/run/freeradius" libdir = "/usr/lib/freeradius" radacctdir = "/var/log/freeradius/radacct" hostname_lookups = no max_request_time = 30 cleanup_delay = 5 max_requests = 16384 pidfile = "/var/run/freeradius/freeradius.pid" checkrad = "/usr/sbin/checkrad" debug_level = 0 proxy_requests = yes log { stripped_names = no auth = yes auth_badpass = yes auth_goodpass = no colourise = yes msg_denied = "You are already logged in - access denied" } resources { } security { max_attributes = 200 reject_delay = 1.000000 status_server = yes } } radiusd: #### Loading Realms and Home Servers #### proxy server { retry_delay = 5 retry_count = 3 default_fallback = no dead_time = 120 wake_all_if_all_dead = no } home_server localhost { ipaddr = 127.0.0.1 port = 1812 type = "auth" secret = <<< secret >>> response_window = 20.000000 response_timeouts = 1 max_outstanding = 65536 zombie_period = 40 status_check = "status-server" ping_interval = 30 check_interval = 30 check_timeout = 4 num_answers_to_alive = 3 revive_interval = 120 limit { max_connections = 16 max_requests = 0 lifetime = 0 idle_timeout = 0 } coa { irt = 2 mrt = 16 mrc = 5 mrd = 30 } } home_server_pool my_auth_failover { type = fail-over home_server = localhost } realm example.com { auth_pool = my_auth_failover } realm LOCAL { } radiusd: #### Loading Clients #### client localhost { ipaddr = 127.0.0.1 require_message_authenticator = no secret = <<< secret >>> nas_type = "other" proto = "*" limit { max_connections = 16 lifetime = 0 idle_timeout = 30 } } client localhost_ipv6 { ipv6addr = ::1 require_message_authenticator = no secret = <<< secret >>> limit { max_connections = 16 lifetime = 0 idle_timeout = 30 } } client aruba { ipaddr = 128.180.8.128/27 require_message_authenticator = no secret = <<< secret >>> proto = "*" limit { max_connections = 32 lifetime = 0 idle_timeout = 30 } } client newguy { ipaddr = 128.180.10.10 require_message_authenticator = no secret = <<< secret >>> proto = "*" limit { max_connections = 16 lifetime = 0 idle_timeout = 30 } } Debugger not attached # Creating Auth-Type = digest # Creating Auth-Type = eap # Creating Auth-Type = MS-CHAP # Creating Auth-Type = mschap radiusd: #### Instantiating modules #### modules { # Loaded module rlm_replicate # Loading module "replicate" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/replicate # Loaded module rlm_radutmp # Loading module "radutmp" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/radutmp radutmp { filename = "/var/log/freeradius/radutmp" username = "%{User-Name}" case_sensitive = yes check_with_nas = yes permissions = 384 caller_id = yes } # Loaded module rlm_eap # Loading module "eap" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/eap eap { default_eap_type = "peap" timer_expire = 60 ignore_unknown_eap_types = no cisco_accounting_username_bug = no max_sessions = 16384 } # Loaded module rlm_passwd # Loading module "etc_passwd" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/passwd passwd etc_passwd { filename = "/etc/passwd" format = "*User-Name:Crypt-Password:" delimiter = ":" ignore_nislike = no ignore_empty = yes allow_multiple_keys = no hash_size = 100 } # Loaded module rlm_files # Loading module "files" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/files files { filename = "/etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-config/files/authorize" acctusersfile = "/etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-config/files/accounting" preproxy_usersfile = "/etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-config/files/pre-proxy" } # Loaded module rlm_soh # Loading module "soh" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/soh soh { dhcp = yes } # Loaded module rlm_digest # Loading module "digest" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/digest # Loaded module rlm_detail # Loading module "auth_log" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/detail.log detail auth_log { filename = "/var/log/freeradius/radacct/%{%{Packet-Src-IP-Address}:-%{Packet-Src-IPv6-Address}}/auth-detail-%Y%m%d" header = "%t" permissions = 384 locking = no escape_filenames = no log_packet_header = no } # Loading module "reply_log" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/detail.log detail reply_log { filename = "/var/log/freeradius/radacct/%{%{Packet-Src-IP-Address}:-%{Packet-Src-IPv6-Address}}/reply-detail-%Y%m%d" header = "%t" permissions = 384 locking = no escape_filenames = no log_packet_header = no } # Loading module "pre_proxy_log" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/detail.log detail pre_proxy_log { filename = "/var/log/freeradius/radacct/%{%{Packet-Src-IP-Address}:-%{Packet-Src-IPv6-Address}}/pre-proxy-detail-%Y%m%d" header = "%t" permissions = 384 locking = no escape_filenames = no log_packet_header = no } # Loading module "post_proxy_log" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/detail.log detail post_proxy_log { filename = "/var/log/freeradius/radacct/%{%{Packet-Src-IP-Address}:-%{Packet-Src-IPv6-Address}}/post-proxy-detail-%Y%m%d" header = "%t" permissions = 384 locking = no escape_filenames = no log_packet_header = no } # Loaded module rlm_utf8 # Loading module "utf8" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/utf8 # Loaded module rlm_attr_filter # Loading module "attr_filter.post-proxy" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/attr_filter attr_filter attr_filter.post-proxy { filename = "/etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-config/attr_filter/post-proxy" key = "%{Realm}" relaxed = no } # Loading module "attr_filter.pre-proxy" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/attr_filter attr_filter attr_filter.pre-proxy { filename = "/etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-config/attr_filter/pre-proxy" key = "%{Realm}" relaxed = no } # Loading module "attr_filter.access_reject" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/attr_filter attr_filter attr_filter.access_reject { filename = "/etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-config/attr_filter/access_reject" key = "%{User-Name}" relaxed = no } # Loading module "attr_filter.access_challenge" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/attr_filter attr_filter attr_filter.access_challenge { filename = "/etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-config/attr_filter/access_challenge" key = "%{User-Name}" relaxed = no } # Loading module "attr_filter.accounting_response" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/attr_filter attr_filter attr_filter.accounting_response { filename = "/etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-config/attr_filter/accounting_response" key = "%{User-Name}" relaxed = no } # Loaded module rlm_mschap # Loading module "mschap" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/mschap mschap { use_mppe = yes require_encryption = no require_strong = no with_ntdomain_hack = yes passchange { } allow_retry = yes winbind_retry_with_normalised_username = no } # Loaded module rlm_preprocess # Loading module "preprocess" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/preprocess preprocess { huntgroups = "/etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-config/preprocess/huntgroups" hints = "/etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-config/preprocess/hints" with_ascend_hack = no ascend_channels_per_line = 23 with_ntdomain_hack = no with_specialix_jetstream_hack = no with_cisco_vsa_hack = no with_alvarion_vsa_hack = no } # Loaded module rlm_unix # Loading module "unix" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/unix unix { radwtmp = "/var/log/freeradius/radwtmp" } Creating attribute Unix-Group # Loading module "sradutmp" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/sradutmp radutmp sradutmp { filename = "/var/log/freeradius/sradutmp" username = "%{User-Name}" case_sensitive = yes check_with_nas = yes permissions = 420 caller_id = no } # Loaded module rlm_dynamic_clients # Loading module "dynamic_clients" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/dynamic_clients # Loaded module rlm_realm # Loading module "IPASS" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/realm realm IPASS { format = "prefix" delimiter = "/" ignore_default = no ignore_null = no } # Loading module "suffix" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/realm realm suffix { format = "suffix" delimiter = "@" ignore_default = no ignore_null = no } # Loading module "realmpercent" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/realm realm realmpercent { format = "suffix" delimiter = "%" ignore_default = no ignore_null = no } # Loading module "ntdomain" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/realm realm ntdomain { format = "prefix" delimiter = "\\" ignore_default = no ignore_null = no } # Loading module "detail" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/detail detail { filename = "/var/log/freeradius/radacct/%{%{Packet-Src-IP-Address}:-%{Packet-Src-IPv6-Address}}/detail-%Y%m%d" header = "%t" permissions = 384 locking = no escape_filenames = no log_packet_header = no } # Loaded module rlm_logintime # Loading module "logintime" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/logintime logintime { minimum_timeout = 60 } # Loaded module rlm_expiration # Loading module "expiration" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/expiration # Loaded module rlm_exec # Loading module "exec" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/exec exec { wait = no input_pairs = "request" shell_escape = yes timeout = 10 } # Loaded module rlm_unpack # Loading module "unpack" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/unpack # Loaded module rlm_cache # Loading module "cache_eap" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/cache_eap cache cache_eap { driver = "rlm_cache_rbtree" key = "%{%{control:State}:-%{%{reply:State}:-%{State}}}" ttl = 15 max_entries = 0 epoch = 0 add_stats = no } # Loaded module rlm_always # Loading module "reject" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/always always reject { rcode = "reject" simulcount = 0 mpp = no } # Loading module "fail" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/always always fail { rcode = "fail" simulcount = 0 mpp = no } # Loading module "ok" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/always always ok { rcode = "ok" simulcount = 0 mpp = no } # Loading module "handled" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/always always handled { rcode = "handled" simulcount = 0 mpp = no } # Loading module "invalid" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/always always invalid { rcode = "invalid" simulcount = 0 mpp = no } # Loading module "userlock" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/always always userlock { rcode = "userlock" simulcount = 0 mpp = no } # Loading module "notfound" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/always always notfound { rcode = "notfound" simulcount = 0 mpp = no } # Loading module "noop" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/always always noop { rcode = "noop" simulcount = 0 mpp = no } # Loading module "updated" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/always always updated { rcode = "updated" simulcount = 0 mpp = no } # Loaded module rlm_linelog # Loading module "linelog" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/linelog linelog { filename = "/var/log/freeradius/linelog" escape_filenames = no syslog_severity = "info" permissions = 384 format = "This is a log message for %{User-Name}" reference = "messages.%{%{reply:Packet-Type}:-default}" } # Loading module "log_accounting" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/linelog linelog log_accounting { filename = "/var/log/freeradius/linelog-accounting" escape_filenames = no syslog_severity = "info" permissions = 384 format = "" reference = "Accounting-Request.%{%{Acct-Status-Type}:-unknown}" } # Loaded module rlm_expr # Loading module "expr" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/expr expr { safe_characters = "@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789.-_: /äéöüàâæçèéêëîïôœùûüaÿÄÉÖÜßÀÂÆÇÈÉÊËÎÏÔŒÙÛÜŸ" } # Loading module "echo" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/echo exec echo { wait = yes program = "/bin/echo %{User-Name}" input_pairs = "request" output_pairs = "reply" shell_escape = yes } instantiate { } # Instantiating module "eap" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/eap # Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_tls tls { tls = "tls-common" } tls-config tls-common { verify_depth = 0 ca_path = "/etc/freeradius/3.0/certs" pem_file_type = yes private_key_file = "/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key" certificate_file = "/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem" ca_file = "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt" private_key_password = <<< secret >>> dh_file = "/etc/freeradius/3.0/certs/dh" fragment_size = 1024 include_length = yes auto_chain = yes check_crl = no check_all_crl = no cipher_list = "DEFAULT" cipher_server_preference = no ecdh_curve = "prime256v1" tls_max_version = "" tls_min_version = "1.0" cache { enable = yes lifetime = 1 name = "tls-eap" max_entries = 255 persist_dir = "/var/lib/radiusd/tlscache" } verify { skip_if_ocsp_ok = no } ocsp { enable = no override_cert_url = yes url = "http://127.0.0.1/ocsp/" use_nonce = yes timeout = 0 softfail = no } } # Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_peap peap { tls = "tls-common" default_eap_type = "mschapv2" copy_request_to_tunnel = no use_tunneled_reply = yes proxy_tunneled_request_as_eap = yes virtual_server = "inner-tunnel" soh = no require_client_cert = no } tls: Using cached TLS configuration from previous invocation # Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_mschapv2 mschapv2 { with_ntdomain_hack = no send_error = no identity = "ccc" } # Instantiating module "etc_passwd" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/passwd rlm_passwd: nfields: 3 keyfield 0(User-Name) listable: no # Instantiating module "files" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/files reading pairlist file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-config/files/authorize reading pairlist file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-config/files/accounting reading pairlist file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-config/files/pre-proxy # Instantiating module "auth_log" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/detail.log rlm_detail (auth_log): 'User-Password' suppressed, will not appear in detail output # Instantiating module "reply_log" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/detail.log # Instantiating module "pre_proxy_log" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/detail.log # Instantiating module "post_proxy_log" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/detail.log # Instantiating module "attr_filter.post-proxy" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/attr_filter reading pairlist file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-config/attr_filter/post-proxy # Instantiating module "attr_filter.pre-proxy" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/attr_filter reading pairlist file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-config/attr_filter/pre-proxy # Instantiating module "attr_filter.access_reject" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/attr_filter reading pairlist file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-config/attr_filter/access_reject [/etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-config/attr_filter/access_reject]:11 Check item "FreeRADIUS-Response-Delay" found in filter list for realm "DEFAULT". [/etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-config/attr_filter/access_reject]:11 Check item "FreeRADIUS-Response-Delay-USec" found in filter list for realm "DEFAULT". # Instantiating module "attr_filter.access_challenge" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/attr_filter reading pairlist file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-config/attr_filter/access_challenge # Instantiating module "attr_filter.accounting_response" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/attr_filter reading pairlist file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-config/attr_filter/accounting_response # Instantiating module "mschap" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/mschap rlm_mschap (mschap): Initialising connection pool pool { start = 5 min = 3 max = 32 spare = 10 uses = 0 lifetime = 86400 cleanup_interval = 300 idle_timeout = 600 retry_delay = 30 spread = no } rlm_mschap (mschap): Opening additional connection (0), 1 of 32 pending slots used rlm_mschap (mschap): Opening additional connection (1), 1 of 31 pending slots used rlm_mschap (mschap): Opening additional connection (2), 1 of 30 pending slots used rlm_mschap (mschap): Opening additional connection (3), 1 of 29 pending slots used rlm_mschap (mschap): Opening additional connection (4), 1 of 28 pending slots used rlm_mschap (mschap): authenticating directly to winbind # Instantiating module "preprocess" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/preprocess reading pairlist file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-config/preprocess/huntgroups reading pairlist file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-config/preprocess/hints # Instantiating module "IPASS" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/realm # Instantiating module "suffix" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/realm # Instantiating module "realmpercent" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/realm # Instantiating module "ntdomain" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/realm # Instantiating module "detail" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/detail # Instantiating module "logintime" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/logintime # Instantiating module "expiration" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/expiration # Instantiating module "cache_eap" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/cache_eap rlm_cache (cache_eap): Driver rlm_cache_rbtree (module rlm_cache_rbtree) loaded and linked # Instantiating module "reject" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/always # Instantiating module "fail" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/always # Instantiating module "ok" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/always # Instantiating module "handled" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/always # Instantiating module "invalid" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/always # Instantiating module "userlock" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/always # Instantiating module "notfound" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/always # Instantiating module "noop" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/always # Instantiating module "updated" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/always # Instantiating module "linelog" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/linelog # Instantiating module "log_accounting" from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/linelog } # modules radiusd: #### Loading Virtual Servers #### server { # from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/radiusd.conf } # server server default { # from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/sites-enabled/default # Loading authenticate {...} # Loading authorize {...} # Loading preacct {...} # Loading accounting {...} Ignoring "sql" (see raddb/mods-available/README.rst) # Loading post-proxy {...} # Loading post-auth {...} } # server default server inner-tunnel { # from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/sites-enabled/inner-tunnel # Loading authenticate {...} # Loading authorize {...} # Loading session {...} # Loading post-proxy {...} # Loading post-auth {...} # Skipping contents of 'if' as it is always 'false' -- /etc/freeradius/3.0/sites-enabled/inner-tunnel:335 } # server inner-tunnel radiusd: #### Opening IP addresses and Ports #### listen { type = "auth" ipaddr = * port = 0 limit { max_connections = 16 lifetime = 0 idle_timeout = 30 } } listen { type = "acct" ipaddr = * port = 0 limit { max_connections = 16 lifetime = 0 idle_timeout = 30 } } listen { type = "auth" ipv6addr = :: port = 0 limit { max_connections = 16 lifetime = 0 idle_timeout = 30 } } listen { type = "acct" ipv6addr = :: port = 0 limit { max_connections = 16 lifetime = 0 idle_timeout = 30 } } listen { type = "auth" ipaddr = 127.0.0.1 port = 18120 } Listening on auth address * port 1812 bound to server default Listening on acct address * port 1813 bound to server default Listening on auth address :: port 1812 bound to server default Listening on acct address :: port 1813 bound to server default Listening on auth address 127.0.0.1 port 18120 bound to server inner-tunnel Listening on proxy address * port 55646 Listening on proxy address :: port 47072 Ready to process requests (0) Received Access-Request Id 10 from 128.180.8.130:40170 to 128.180.1.12:1812 length 194 (0) NAS-IP-Address = 128.180.8.141 (0) NAS-Port = 0 (0) NAS-Port-Type = Wireless-802.11 (0) User-Name = "foo" (0) Service-Type = Login-User (0) Calling-Station-Id = "0.0.0.0" (0) Called-Station-Id = "204C03020CC0" (0) MS-CHAP-Challenge = 0x42f648660a47f2860d94aed796c52c71 (0) MS-CHAP2-Response = 0x0000244dd05ed5221fbe46804201d1c17d1a000000000000000078df6cecbf0927a520cf28c649448a9e28befa1886cb8cfb (0) Aruba-Location-Id = "N/A" (0) Aruba-AP-Group = "N/A" (0) Message-Authenticator = 0xfbc5275c0912b9aca881404e2bc4e43c (0) # Executing section authorize from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/sites-enabled/default (0) authorize { (0) policy filter_username { (0) if (&User-Name) { (0) if (&User-Name) -> TRUE (0) if (&User-Name) { (0) if (&User-Name =~ / /) { (0) if (&User-Name =~ / /) -> FALSE (0) if (&User-Name =~ /@[^@]*@/ ) { (0) if (&User-Name =~ /@[^@]*@/ ) -> FALSE (0) if (&User-Name =~ /\.\./ ) { (0) if (&User-Name =~ /\.\./ ) -> FALSE (0) if ((&User-Name =~ /@/) && (&User-Name !~ /@(.+)\.(.+)$/)) { (0) if ((&User-Name =~ /@/) && (&User-Name !~ /@(.+)\.(.+)$/)) -> FALSE (0) if (&User-Name =~ /\.$/) { (0) if (&User-Name =~ /\.$/) -> FALSE (0) if (&User-Name =~ /@\./) { (0) if (&User-Name =~ /@\./) -> FALSE (0) } # if (&User-Name) = notfound (0) } # policy filter_username = notfound (0) [preprocess] = ok (0) mschap: Found MS-CHAP attributes. Setting 'Auth-Type = mschap' (0) [mschap] = ok (0) suffix: Checking for suffix after "@" (0) suffix: No '@' in User-Name = "foo", looking up realm NULL (0) suffix: No such realm "NULL" (0) [suffix] = noop (0) eap: No EAP-Message, not doing EAP (0) [eap] = noop (0) [expiration] = noop (0) [logintime] = noop (0) } # authorize = ok (0) Found Auth-Type = mschap (0) Auth-Type sub-section not found. Ignoring. (0) # Executing group from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/sites-enabled/default (0) Failed to authenticate the user (0) Using Post-Auth-Type Reject (0) # Executing group from file /etc/freeradius/3.0/sites-enabled/default (0) Post-Auth-Type REJECT { (0) attr_filter.access_reject: EXPAND %{User-Name} (0) attr_filter.access_reject: --> foo (0) attr_filter.access_reject: Matched entry DEFAULT at line 11 (0) [attr_filter.access_reject] = updated (0) [eap] = noop (0) policy remove_reply_message_if_eap { (0) if (&reply:EAP-Message && &reply:Reply-Message) { (0) if (&reply:EAP-Message && &reply:Reply-Message) -> FALSE (0) else { (0) [noop] = noop (0) } # else = noop (0) } # policy remove_reply_message_if_eap = noop (0) } # Post-Auth-Type REJECT = updated (0) Login incorrect: [foo/<via Auth-Type = mschap>] (from client aruba port 0 cli 0.0.0.0) (0) Delaying response for 1.000000 seconds Waking up in 0.3 seconds. Waking up in 0.6 seconds. (0) Sending delayed response (0) Sent Access-Reject Id 10 from 128.180.1.12:1812 to 128.180.8.130:40170 length 20 Waking up in 3.9 seconds. (0) Cleaning up request packet ID 10 with timestamp +13 Ready to process requests -- Munroe Sollog Senior Network Engineer munroe@lehigh.edu
On Dec 20, 2019, at 1:28 PM, Munroe Sollog <mus3@lehigh.edu> wrote:
I would like to replace the windows NPS service with freeradius. Freeradius provides a lot better visibility and control than the Microsoft NPS service. However, doing some very rudimentary performance analysis and my freeradius server is ~4-5times slower than the Microsoft NPS service.
No.
My wireless controllers provide a "test your radius server" command and it outputs the response time. I am testing using a known bad username and password against both radius servers. According to the wireless controller the MS NPS returns a result in ~3ms, while Freeradius returns a response in ~1000ms.
See radiusd.conf, and the "reject_delay" parameter. The server delays rejects in order to prevent brute-force attacks. This isn't about the server being slow. It's about the sever being *secure*.
The NPS server I am benchmarking is in production and under load while the freeradius server I am testing is not.
Below is the output of freeradius -X as well as an example query. If anyone sees anything that might explain the ~300% performance difference, I'd appreciate it.
1000 / 3 = 300, or 30,000%. :)
security { max_attributes = 200 reject_delay = 1.000000
Read the comments in the default configuration around "reject_delay".
(0) Login incorrect: [foo/<via Auth-Type = mschap>] (from client aruba port 0 cli 0.0.0.0) (0) Delaying response for 1.000000 seconds
See? The debug output tells you *exactly* what it's doing. Please read it. You can set "reject_delay = 0", but it's not generally recommended. The wireless control should also use Status-Server for "test your RADIUS server" checks: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5997 I published that standard a decade ago. It's high time vendors read it, and implemented it. Alan DeKok.
Thanks for the help. I'll forward your suggestions to the vendor as well. On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 1:45 PM Alan DeKok <aland@deployingradius.com> wrote:
On Dec 20, 2019, at 1:28 PM, Munroe Sollog <mus3@lehigh.edu> wrote:
I would like to replace the windows NPS service with freeradius. Freeradius provides a lot better visibility and control than the
Microsoft
NPS service. However, doing some very rudimentary performance analysis and my freeradius server is ~4-5times slower than the Microsoft NPS service.
No.
My wireless controllers provide a "test your radius server" command and it outputs the response time. I am testing using a known bad username and password against both radius servers. According to the wireless controller the MS NPS returns a result in ~3ms, while Freeradius returns a response in ~1000ms.
See radiusd.conf, and the "reject_delay" parameter.
The server delays rejects in order to prevent brute-force attacks.
This isn't about the server being slow. It's about the sever being *secure*.
The NPS server I am benchmarking is in production and under load while the freeradius server I am testing is not.
Below is the output of freeradius -X as well as an example query. If anyone sees anything that might explain the ~300% performance difference, I'd appreciate it.
1000 / 3 = 300, or 30,000%. :)
security { max_attributes = 200 reject_delay = 1.000000
Read the comments in the default configuration around "reject_delay".
(0) Login incorrect: [foo/<via Auth-Type = mschap>] (from client aruba port 0 cli 0.0.0.0) (0) Delaying response for 1.000000 seconds
See? The debug output tells you *exactly* what it's doing. Please read it.
You can set "reject_delay = 0", but it's not generally recommended.
The wireless control should also use Status-Server for "test your RADIUS server" checks:
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5997
I published that standard a decade ago. It's high time vendors read it, and implemented it.
Alan DeKok.
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