[Asterisk-Users] Re: * with RADIUS

[Jeremy McNamara]

Andrew Kohlsmith wrote:

>>Explain why you think you really need RADIUS Accounting?   Why not talk
>>right to the database itself and save yourself that unneeded
>>complication and points of failure.
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>For the exact same reasons RADIUS exists in the first place?
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RADIUS was created to authenticate Dialup users


>  Consistency?  
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You think Vendor Specific Attributes are consistent?


>The ability to change authentication backends without having to touch *?  
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You can do this already.


>Passing off authentication to a third party?
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You can do this already.


>I wonder if Brian is going to make a unixodbc_radius...  :-)
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I'll let Brian squeak up for himself on this issue, but I'm sure you 
won't like his response.




Jeremy McNamara