RedHat is deprecating FreeRADIUS for ISPs

Alan DeKok alan.dekok at inkbridge.io
Wed Nov 5 14:45:30 UTC 2025


 And to go into more detail:

https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/configuring_and_managing_networking/assembly_setting-up-an-802-1x-network-authentication-service-for-lan-clients-using-hostapd-with-freeradius-backend_configuring-and-managing-networking?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Note:
Red Hat supports only FreeRADIUS with Red Hat Identity Management (IdM) as the backend source of authentication.


 i.e. if you're an ISP using RedHat, they will not support you.

 Alan DeKok.



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