[c-nsp] Open Source Substitute for Cisco's Secure ACS?

[Ge Moua]

Yep, RADIATOR is great; we use it over here :-)

Regards,
Ge Moua | Email: moua0100 at umn.edu

Network Design Engineer
University of Minnesota | Networking & Telecommunications Services



Scott McGrath wrote:
> Not so much - we use ACS for TACACS services and proxy the TACACS via 
> RADIUS for some application but Cisco ACS is now an appliance and on 
> the close order of 8K + SmartNet so you are looking at 20K $US for a 
> new solution.
>
> RADIATOR is open-source but not 'free' it has 200+ authenticators and 
> interfaces to billing systems built in and a basic license and support 
> for 1 yr is under $2000 US
>
> Nothing wrong with FreeRADIUS it's just you need to 'roll your own' 
> for a lot of stuff,  If your time is worth nothing or it's a hobby or 
> experimental setup FreeRADIUS may be the better choice. But if you 
> want someting with AD, LDAP, Kerberos, Unix, NTLM, SQL  etc built in 
> and ready to go  RADIATOR is your tool.
>
> - Scott
>
> Alan Buxey wrote:
>> Hi,
>>  
>>> Radiator RADIUS server.   There are multiple versions of this 
>>> software and support is available for a reasonable fee  runs on 
>>> Windows/Solaris/Linux
>>>     
>>
>> with fear of pouring petrol onto a RADIUS flamewar I'd say if
>> the original post aint got funding for ACS then free open source is
>> pushing the answer to FreeRADIUS.
>> alan
>>   
>
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