On-line debugging tool

Alan Buxey A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk
Thu Jan 7 13:51:02 CET 2010


Hi,

> Is there a plan to add to FreeRADIUS a debug output mangling option?  So 
> things like Cleartext-Password and User-Password are obscured.
> 
> For example, you get the user to run FreeRADIUS with '-XO', then just 
> before printing to the screen the value of the 'secret' attributes are 
> md5'd and the hashes are shown instead (should be a constant, unless 
> there is actually a mismatch).  Of course you could have a '-o 
> attr1,attr2' to protect other attributes at runtime too.
> 
> Only something to add to the wishlist. :)

agreed - yes, understand that debug mode should show ervything - because
then you can prove the password is wrong etc etc.... but if that debug
is then being put somewhere is needs to be obfuscated or <removed> -
heck, even just replaced with the word PASSWORD  (and hope some people
arent that dumb! ;-) ) - likewise any other 'sensitive' data. 

alan



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