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Re: radius question

  • From: Robert Boyle
  • Date: Fri Jan 21 18:26:11 2005

At 06:14 PM 1/21/2005, you wrote:
are authentication packets between routers and radius
servers encrypted or clear-text?
All clear text, but passwords are sent as an MD5 hash which is the result of a shared secret on both the radius server and the router.

-Robert


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