Re: NoCat + accounting

On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 02:04:19PM -0500, twistedpickles wrote:
> Thanks Matt, Alain and Rolando for your replies.
>  I think I am interested in incorporating a Radius backend with NoCat.
> I'm interested in restricting access to one connection per user id, timed
> connections, and gathering stats on usage.

Nothing in this is specific to NoCat IMO. You just have to configure
your Radius back-end to accept or reject authentication requests based
on the criteria you have mentioned. FreeRADIUS for example
(http://www.freeradius.org) is kind of flexible, allowing you to
invoke an external command when getting an authentication request,
that will do whatever checks you want to implement and return "yes" or
"no". It now includes a PHP-based admin tool that may well suit your
needs for stats.

>  Is there a guide for incorporating Radius with NoCat?

Not any I know of... but then again there's nothing much that is
really specific to NoCat. Your authentication gateway pretty much
behaves like a RAS (dial-up server) to Radius. It will send
authentication and accounting requests to the Radius server. The bulk
of work has to be done on the Radius server's side.

Greets,
_Alain_