eap testing

[Muhammad Nadeem]

On 2/20/13, A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk <A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> My primary goal is to configure a fast system to authenticate EAP-TLS
>> requests. For this purpose i used proxy (to distribute requests to
>> different freeradius servers). Now i just wanna confirm
>> NumberOfRequests/second , handled by my system.
>
> what is fast? (I can make a RADIUS server faster by chucking more CPU power
> at it..
> 8 core Xeon instead of a core duo II  etc.) - what are your actual
> requirements?
> ie what number of concurrent client connections/authentications are you
> looking
> for, what EAP methods (each method has its own quirks/requirements/number of
> packets)
> have you looked at crypto offloading technology to take CPU load down as
> part of
> this requirement?   what AAA policy are you going to have for EAP-TLS - CRL?
> dynamic
> checking? (each has their own load/impact)
>
> do you need this proxy? Can your kit be configured to just talk directly to
> a few back
> end RADIUS servers? what is the purpose of this proxy?
>
> alan
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> ie what number of concurrent client connections/authentications are you
> looking
about 250/sec
>for, what EAP methods (each method has its own quirks/requirements/number of
> packets)
EAP-TLS
>what is the purpose of this proxy?
Basic purpose is 'load-balancing' on a cluster of Freeradius servers.

I am donot using any 3rd party Load balancing Tool (like Virtual Linux
server etc etc).


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Best Regards
Muhammad Nadeem
Muhammad Ali Jinnah University