What Radius Server really does?

[Anand Narayana]

i know RADIUS remote authentication dial-in user service, used for accounting logging etc... but will that have the information ididn't on a particular time etc.... also apart from that anything else interesting abt radius server?

[abhishek_nandavat]

A RADIUS server performs both authentication and accounting.

When a user logs in a device enabled with RADIUS, the authentication request is sent to the RADIUS server, It checks the usename and password and then allows the access to the device. Authentication data can be maintained locally or on an external database.

Similarly it performs accounting function too, it can again store the information locally or in an external database.

Refer the following links for details -->

http://www.javvin.com/protocol/rfc2865.pdf

http://www.javvin.com/protocol/rfc2866.pdf

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Regards,

AbhisheK

[devang_etcom]

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk583/tk547/tsd_technology_support_sub-protocol_home.html

here you will find all the things regarding to RADIUS

regards

Devang