SQL Authentication (mainly @Alan!)
Lewis Bergman
lbergman at wtxs.net
Fri Jan 6 22:36:39 CET 2006
florian broder wrote:
> Hi.
>
> > WHY was it done like that, i.e. that you HAVE to use a username
> in sql?
> I am no developer but my guess would be because you have just allowed
> everyone in the world in as long as they know you have a password
>
> correct.
>
>
> That was just an example by me, you can tell the sql module (sql.conf)
> to look for virtually every attribute in an access-request.
>
> You can't config the cisco switch to send the mac as the user?
> That would be the normal behavior.
>
>
> I told Cisco that too. I'm in contact with them, for this task.
>
> Nortel for example sends the MAC as username/password, no problem with
> that.
>
> I'd just like to know, if I can use safely my own compiled version (zero
> length username on sql allowed), or if I run into problems afterwards,
> maybe for accounting etc.
> That's why I was asking the developpers here directly. I mean, they must
> have had a reason to NOT allow that on sql, while the "normal"
> authentication via users file allows that.
>
> Thanks again!
Yea, Alan has told me that the sql module differs in some areas and some
of the reasons may be good and others not so much. Good luck.
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