Re: "Connecting" (fwd)

Barry James (bjames@galileo.mis.net)
Wed, 4 Oct 1995 12:13:28 -0400 (EDT)

On Wed, 4 Oct 1995, Steve Davies wrote:

> You've mentioned this a couple of times - and it really confuses me. The
> Portmaster's support PAP and CHAP - this is how most of our users
> authenticate themselves.
>
> e.g. with Win95 you simply fill in the user id and password and no script
> is required.
>
> Steve Davies
> Internet Africa

Steve,

PAP and CHAP are two types of PPP authentication protocols. RADIUS is
a different type. To my knowledge, and my experience, you cannot use
RADIUS and PAP/CHAP together. Maybe someone has found a way to do this,
although the reasons are beyond me as RADIUS is much more robust and
detailed than either PAP or CHAP.

Barry

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