Re: Splitting the Authentication for Ports on a PM2

Jeffrey C. Ollie (jeffo@worf.netins.net)
Wed, 18 Oct 1995 21:13:46 -0500

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>>>>> "M" == Mike Jipping <jipping@cs.hope.edu> writes:
M>
M> We have a PM2 that uses RADIUS for authentication from a Unix box.
M> Being a smallish department, we don't utilize all the ports on the PM2.
M> Another department would like to use the rest of the ports to do PPP.
M>
M> My question is: Is it possible to run TWO authentication servers -- one
M> for our department and one for the "other" department -- that the PM2
M> box will talk to to implement this? I can come up with
M> hard-to-implement schemes (e.g., one server talks to other, or one
M> server has accounts for both, or...) but I'm trying for the easier in-
M> the-box I-don't-have-to-hack-radius-code solution.
M>
M> As I understand it, the "alternate server" specification to ComOS is a
M> specification to use if the first one is DOWN not if the first server
M> returns a FALSE on authentication.
M>
M> Any clues for me? Many, many thanks!

Take a look at the Merit version of the RADIUS server. It has the ability
to selectively forward RADIUS packets to another RADIUS server.

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Jeffrey C. Ollie
Iowa Network Services System Administrator

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