What is RADIUS?
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS). It is a standard networking protocol as well as a client/server protocol. It allows a company to maintain its user profiles in a central database that can be shared on all remote servers.
Why ZENCC’s RADIUS-as-a-service?
With ZENCC RADIUS-as-a-service?(RaaS) users can use their ZENCC Cloud username and the password to authenticate to their WiFi network instead of worrying about a passphrase which is difficult to remember or communicate securely and you’ll gain the peace of mind which comes from knowing that if a problem occurs you can disable user access any time. It also provides you with pre-built, pre-configured, scalable, and fully managed RADIUS servers. Add as many RADIUS servers as you like for WiFi access control (one RADIUS server per WiFi network), VPN authentication, and authentication for your network devices, servers, and applications. ZENCC Cloud RaaS praise ZENCC Cloud’s other directory services capabilities providing another method to verify your users across multiple services and clients.
Features:
- Authenticates users with their ZENCC Cloud account, further centralizing your identity management.
- The configuration will allow for provisioning and removal of RADIUS servers in seconds.
- Fine-grained access control for each user on your network.
- Flexible security and connection options – ZENCC Cloud RaaS servers offer both EAP-TTLS/PAP and PEAP (MSCHAPv2) for authentication.
When do i need a RADIUS server?
When you have a device to set up which wants to do simple and easy authentication and that the device is not a member of the Active Directory domain
- Network Access Control for wired or wireless network clients
- Web proxy "toasters" that require user authentication
- Routers where your network admin want to log in into without setting up the same account every place
Why do i need a RADIUS server?
The profit gain of a RADIUS server on the efficiency of an entire network is reaching-wide. Although some companies are unaware of the advantages of a RADIUS server as prevent to pre-shared key other have long profited from the improved speed of RADIUS servers as well as their ability to enhance security to emphasize reporting and tracking capabilities and to personalize restrictions based on the user.
Here are some of the important advantages of the RADIUS server:
- An Individual user session is encoded uniquely which prevents other users from accessing private information. This differs from a PSK network in which each user shares the same encoded key.
- A particular user/device can easily be unauthorized by deactivating the corresponding unique encoded key. This simple deactivation ensures that the unauthorized user cannot access the network with any key and does not affect the security keys for other users.
- Network permissions such as firewall policy and scheduling and QoS settings can be entrusted within a particular user profile based on user identity
- RADIUS server does not require striking server horsepower and can be installed in a way that best fits your needs without changing your current system.
How to configure a RADIUS server?
Even however clients may prefer to configure their own system some clients are uncertain of how to configure a RADIUS server. But the process can be complex clients can learn how to set up a RADIUS server themselves. On the other hand, our ZENCC team of experts is happy to set up a RADIUS configuration for any companies.
The required approach for setting up a RADIUS server depends on the existing system and network. A RADIUS server can be configured for VPN or dial-up connections as well as for 802.1x, PEAP, EAP-TTLS, EAP-TLS, or authentication against Active Directory.
Nevertheless of the system used the RADIUS system must be installed before redesigning the network like to include the address of the RADIUS server as the new default.
How does a RADIUS Does server work?
A RADIUS server uses a central database to verify remote users. It functions as a client-server protocol, verifying each user with a distinctive encoded key when access is permitted. How it works depends upon the imposed nature of the RADIUS ecosystem.
- First the user launches testimony to the network access server (NAS).
- The network approach server then requests a username and password or a challenge
- The user responds.
- Upon receiving the user’s respond the RADIUS client sends the username and the distinctive encrypted password to the RADIUS server.
- The RADIUS server accepts or rejects the user.
RADIUS servers are known for their AAA capabilities, Authentication and Authorization, and Accounting. The main benefit of the centralized AAA capabilities of a RADIUS server is enhanced security and better efficiency. RADIUS servers provide each company with the ability to preserve the privacy and security of both the system and each individual user.
Contact ZENCC team experts for more information on how a RADIUS server works.
How much does a Radius server cost?
These possibilities are offered at separate different price points both in subscription OpEx and upfront CapEx models.