Re: Chap and Radius

Tom Samplonius (tom@sdf.com)
Mon, 25 Aug 1997 11:45:10 -0700 (PDT)

On Mon, 25 Aug 1997, Rudolph, Julie A. wrote:

> hello:
>
> as i understand things, in order for Chap to work with Radius, the
> user's clear-text password must be available in the users file. is this
> really, really true? i think it just makes me nervous (whether that is
> a rational response or not) to think of having those clear-text
> passwords anywhere, so i am a little incredulous. i (obviously) don't
> know a whole lot about the specifics of Chap, but is there any way
> around this without hacking source code?
>
> thanks,
> Julie.

chap does its own encryption on the password, so the original clear text
must be available.

Tom