alan's book, or anything new on the horizon

[orion]

then dont keep it under 400.
more info is better. ( and real examples too )
thanx.

On 16/01/2008, Alan DeKok <aland at deployingradius.com> wrote:
>
> orion wrote:
> > alan , can we have the TOC of the book ?
>
>   It's still in development, and I'm re-arranging it occasionally.  At a
> high level:
>
> Introduction
>
> Concepts
>   Participants and their roles
>     User Devices
>     NAS
>     RADIUS Servers
>     Databases
> AAA Overview
>     Authentication
>     Authorization
>     Accounting
>     Auditing
> Conversations
>     Protocol overview
>     Message contents
> Dictionaries
> Security
>
> Participants in more detail
>   User devices
>   NAS
>   RADIUS Servers
>   Databases
>
> Authentication
>   The basics
>     PAP
>     CHAP
>     MS-CHAP
>     Digest
>   Managing passwords
>     hashes & protocol compatibility
>   EAP
>     EAP-GTC
>     EAP-MD5
>     EAP-MSCHAPv2
>     LEAP
>     EAP and password storage
>   EAP-TLS Methods
>     EAP-TLS
>     Microsoft Windows requirements
>     PEAP
>     EAP-TTLS
>   Wireless and wired security with EAP
>   Other authentication protocols
>
> Authorizations
>   Principles for policy creating
>     Logging
>     Role-based authorization
>     Policy maintenance
>     Chained policies
>   Examples
>
> Accounting
>   Interaction with authorization
>   Generation of data
>   Logging of data
>   Relaying of packets
>   Simultaneous-Use
>
> RADIUS Server implementations
>   ACS
>   OAS
>   Juniper
>   OCS Radiator
>   FreeRADIUS
>   Others
>   Recommendations
>
> -----  And now we get into FreeRADIUS-specific text. :)
>
> Basic deployments
>   Installing FreeRADIUS
>   Configuration files
>     radiusd.conf
>     clients.conf
>     proxy.conf
>     virtual servers
>   Starting the server
>     Debugging
>   Tracking configuration changes
>   Test methodology
>
> radiusd.conf
>   Layout
>   Processing of requests
>     authentication
>     accounting
>     proxying
>   Modules
>     Multiple instances of a module
>     Redundant and load-balanced modules
>     simple flow control
>
> "unlang"
>   Introduction
>   Interaction with modules
>   Examples
>
> "clients.conf"
>
> proxy.conf
>
> virtual servers
>
> "users" file
>   format
>   sample entries
>
> Dictionaries
>   ATTRIBUTE definitions
>   VALUE definitions
>   VENDOR definitions
>   Loading other dictionary files
>   Creating a dictionary file
>     Special considerations
>
> Debugging a deployment
>    Tools
>    Test methods and procedures
>    EAP testing with eapol_test
>
> Databases
>    LDAP
>      Active Directory considerations
>   SQL
>     MySQL
>     Postgresql
>
> Common deployment issues
>    Windows
>    AP implementations
>    RADIUS Servers
>    LDAP Servers
>
> Security
>   Network security
>   Physical security
>   Configuration security
>   Methods for policy creation
>
> RADIUS protocol reference
>   Attributes
>     Data types
>     VSA's
>   Packet types
>
> Module overview
>   rlm_chap
>   rlm_digest
>   ...
>
>
>   If you've read this far, I'm impressed.  With each topic on a single
> line like that, it starts to look silly after a while.
>
>   The intent, though, is to be the *definitive* reference for not only
> FreeRADIUS, but also for the protocol, and common use cases.  Where
> other books say things like "Access-Request packets contain requests for
> access", this one says that, and more.  Like common problems people see,
> common mistakes vendors make, common misunderstandings and how to
> correct them, and how to work around various issues in practice.
>
>   I'm going to try to keep it under 400 pages, but I do think there's
> enough material to make 400 pages.
>
>   Alan DeKok.
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