It’s Finally Time to Replace NTLM With Microsoft deprecating MS-CHAP and NTLM, it’s time for enterprise networks to switch to a more secure authentication method: TTLS. Microsoft is finally deprecating its 30-year-old MS-CHAP and NTLM... Network Security Protocols
We toppled a $500 million industry with free software Why your "enterprise-grade" million-dollar solution is getting outmaneuvered by free software running on commodity hardware by Alan DeKok, CEO Twenty-five years ago, I started building FreeRADIUS in m... Network Security Best Practices Network Security Protocols
RADIUS server installation: Expert solutions for enhanced network security Professional RADIUS server installation services RADIUS server installation is more involved than just setting up a few software packages. The default RADIUS products are intended to be the basis for ... Network Security Best Practices Network Security Protocols
Can you use FreeRADIUS and Active Directory together? The short answer is Yes, FreeRADIUS and Active Directory arecompatible with each other . However, there are some constraints and implications for the rest of the system. Like any technology choice, Ac... Network Security Best Practices Network Security Protocols
Configuring FreeRADIUS authentication with PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) Introduction to PAP authentication Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) is one of the most fundamental authentication methods used in Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS). Despite bei... Network Security Best Practices Network Security Protocols
Common FreeRADIUS debug messages If you’re just getting started with FreeRADIUS, it can sometimes seem overwhelming when you run into problems. To the beginner, FreeRADIUS looks complex, but the debug troubleshooting information help... Network Security Best Practices Network Security Protocols
How one-time passwords work One-time passwords (OTP) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) are important mechanisms used to improve security. Both these strategies can combine the username and password credentials with a one-tim... Network Security Best Practices Network Security Protocols
Is NTLM secure? While Active Directory is widely used, it has still uses insecure protocols such as NTLM. The important question many people ask is “Does turning off NTLM increase security”? The answer is “maybe”, or... Network Security Best Practices Network Security Protocols Security Threats and Vulnerabilities
IETF Bangkok 122 recap: What we're doing to advance RADIUS standards I've recently returned from IETF Bangkok, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) 122 meeting, where I spent a week working with implementers, operators, and standards authors who are defining the ... Network Security Protocols
Using FreeRADIUS with FIPS mode on compliant systems In order to create more secure systems, standards such as Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 ( FIPS-140) are being more widely used. The FIPS standard provides for limits on which cryptogra... Network Security Protocols
Announcing SRADIUS RADIUS has used MD5 for security for almost thirty years. It is time to use a modern alternative: SRADIUS! We just released an Internet-Draft which defines “Secure RADIUS”, or “SRADIUS”. We also have ... Network Security Protocols
Introducing RADIUS 1.1 RADIUS has a problem. The name of the problem is MD5. The MD5 hash algorithm was defined in 1991, and was used in RADIUS in 1993. However, MD5 is no longer secure. It is a bit of a miracle that RADIUS... Network Security Best Practices Network Security Protocols