Developers behind FreeRADIUS, an open source implementation of the networking protocol RADIUS, are encouraging users to update to address an authentication bypass found in the server. Developers ...

From what I've read online, you cannot do wireless authentication with PEAP against an /etc/passwd file, is this correct? If I put a username and password pair into my (freeradius) users file, I can ...

Troubleshoot common FreeRadius issues in passwordless setups. Learn how to fix certificate errors, shared secret mismatches, and database sync problems.

Businesses can use a good stout RADIUS server to authenticate any network client. Dial-up, DSL, virtual private networks (VPN), wireless networks – you name it, RADIUS will authenticate it. If you’re ...

Are you worried about the security of your 802.11b wireless local area network (WLAN) because you're using plain-old wired equivalent privacy (WEP)? If you're still relying on WEP alone, you should be ...

i want to turn up dot1x on my switch and AP, but have a few questions. i plan on using FreeRADIUS with the LDAP and/or Kerberos extensions. i have a LDAP and Kerberos running, and Kerberos has its ...

In the previous two Paranoid Penguin columns, I described how Wi-Fi protected access (WPA) can protect wireless LANs (WLANs) from unauthorized access and eavesdropping. I also began explaining how to ...

Since I'm flush with APC gear at the moment, I've been working with the network management devices (obviously, since I wrote Cacti and Nagios plugins for most of them). One of the features of most of ...