Remote MySQL backend encryption

[John Dennis]

On 04/26/2010 05:33 PM, Eric.Hernandez at allegiantair.com wrote:
> I see thats what I thought, I also confirmed its all clear text with
> tcpdump.
>
> If I were to switch my backend to an ldap system would I have encrypted
> traffic for user authentication with freeradius remote ldap/backend setup?

Not currently, but I've got a patch for the 1.1.7 version of rlm_ldap, 
so it might need some tweaking for 2.x

>
> Also is there a nas/radacct table equivalent in the ldap solution or is
> it strictly for user authentication?

Not currently, but I've got a patch for the 1.1.7 version of rlm_ldap, 
so it might need some tweaking for 2.x

FWIW, I don't have extra cycles at the moment.

BTW, patching rlm_sql_mysql to use SSL wouldn't be hard.

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