Exposed: National Public Data breach makes a nation’s secrets public The hacking of 270 million social security numbers from National Public Data reinforces the best practice for personal data: always encrypt PII. The cat is out of the bag for National Public Data. In ... Security Threats and Vulnerabilities
Three Reasons to Protect Your Network Against BlastRADIUS There are mixed feelings in the security community about the urgency to protect networks from the BlastRADIUS vulnerability. Why fix a 30-year-old design flaw that can only be exploited by someone alr... Security Threats and Vulnerabilities
How to customize an OEM instance of FreeRADIUS As the most popular RADIUS server in the world, FreeRADIUS is used by many hardware vendors. They ship their products with FreeRADIUS as an embedded or “OEM” product. It is common for them to need som... FreeRADIUS Technical Guides
RADIUS password compatibility This article covers password storage compatibility for RADIUS deployments. You'll findan overview of how the RADIUS protocol works here. In order for RADIUS authentication to work, user passwords need... Network Security Protocols
How authentication protocols work Choosing an authentication protocol is one of the most important decisions when designing a RADIUS ecosystem. There are a variety of authentication protocols to choose from, each with their own set of... Network Security Protocols
PAP vs CHAP: A complete security comparison PAP and CHAP are both RADIUS authentication protocols, but they trade off security in opposite places. PAP transmits passwords between the customer and the NAS in the clear, while allowing passwords t... Network Security Protocols
Is PAP secure? A complete analysis of PAP authentication security PAP is secure when used correctly. Despite the common claim that PAP sends passwords in clear text, in practice PAP passwords are encrypted by the RADIUS shared secret before transmission, and can be ... Network Security Protocols
Client Case Study: RADIUS proxy consolidation for efficiency When an ISP is running a large number of systems at 99% idle capacity "just in case," you know there's room for optimization. We worked with a multi-service provider that had built four separate RADIU... Network Architecture
How a RADIUS server works A RADIUS server utilizes a central database to authenticate remote users. RADIUS functions as a client-server protocol, authenticating each user with a unique encryption key when access is granted. Ho... Network Security Protocols