pam_radius_auth.so authentication algorithm

[Alan DeKok]

On Oct 20, 2017, at 10:42 AM, Oussama BOUNAIM <o.bounaim at gmail.com> wrote:
> The authentication works, however, the NPS (Radius Server) is complaining
> about the authentication method used by pam_radius_auth.so. It says that
> the client is using PAP insecure PAP protocol.

  That's a stupid complaint.

> I didn't find any parameter on the module documentation
> <https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/pam_radius> to change this behavior.
> Does pam_radius_auth.so support other secure protocol like CHAP ?

  CHAP isn't more secure, unfortunately.  And neither is MS-CHAP.

  Ignore the message,  NPS is lying to you.

  Alan DeKok.