Client Case Study: Network authentication at scale: Securing campus WiFi for millions of users worldwide 65% fewer authentication failures. 40% drop in support tickets. How InkBridge Networks is helping educational institutions by transforming their eduroam experience with protocol-level fixes. The scale... Network Security Best Practices
The unique challenges of campus networks By Terry Burton, Director of Security Table of contents What is a campus area network? 7characteristics of campus networks Universities function as their own ISPs Massive user community with constant ... Network Security Best Practices Network Security Protocols
Importing the root CA The final step to configuring EAP for FreeRADIUS is to add the CA (Certificate Authority) to every client machine tha t performs EAP authentication. Before proceeding with this step, make sure that yo... Network Security Best Practices
Don’t "set it and forget it" So you decided that whatever you were using for network security wasn’t getting the job done… either it didn’t scale with the growth in your user base, devices, or network design, or it was hindering ... Network Security Best Practices
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
What does "unresponsive child" error message mean? Like any system, FreeRADIUS provides error messages to inform administrators of problems within the FreeRADIUS server itself. Sometimes however, error messages that are logged by FreeRADIUS are actual...
What is AAA in networking? The acronym AAA stands for “Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting” . It defines an architecture which authenticates and grants authorization to users and, and afterwards accounts for their act...
8 Most common RADIUS mistakes We see a lot of questions on the FreeRADIUS mailing list and from our clients that boil down to “RADIUS isn’t working. Can you tell me why?” . Most of the time, the problem isn’t with RADIUS itself, i...
Why your RADIUS server should run in a VM Your network can go down for really simple reasons. A junior system admin might inadvertently type the wrong thing into a command line, or a minor upgrade can break some obscure dependency between lib...
What does a "Shared secret is incorrect" error mean? The root cause for both messages is the same, and is unambiguous: The shared secret on the RADIUS server and the NAS are not the same . However, there can be some confusion because, depending on what ...
WiFi spoofing for fun and profit You can spend as much time as you want securing your RADIUS server infrastructure and the rest of your network. But are you really secureagainst WiFi spoofing attacks? In this article, we show just ho... Network Security Best Practices Security Threats and Vulnerabilities
The FreeRADIUS getting started guide After an administrator installs FreeRADIUS for the first time, the big question is “Now what?” Most sites need complex policies, interactions with databases, and logging. Yet the documentation for the... Network Security Best Practices