Internet Service Providers
AAA for millions of subscribers. Infinitely flexible policy language.
Internet Service Providers
FreeRADIUS authenticates users and tracks accounting data for millions of DSL connections and phones every day.
Enterprise Networks
Global AAA servers. Active Directory integration.
Enterprise Networks
Both wired and wireless 802.1X solutions use RADIUS as the backend. From the smallest business to the largest enterprise, IT managers can be found relying on FreeRADIUS everywhere!
Educational Institutions
Eduroam and WiFi. With 100K+ students re-authenticating every hour.
Educational Institutions
FreeRADIUS is commonly used in academic wireless networks, especially amongst the eduroam community.
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View full release notesWelcome to the FreeRADIUS project, the open source implementation of RADIUS, an IETF protocol for AAA (Authorisation, Authentication, and Accounting).
The FreeRADIUS project maintains the following components: a multi protocol policy server (radiusd) that implements RADIUS, DHCP, BFD, and ARP; a BSD licensed RADIUS client library; a RADIUS PAM library; and an Apache RADIUS module.
We provide a step-by-step guide to radiusd -X. The guide breaks down the different pieces of the debug output, and explains what they mean. Often you can just look for ERROR or WARNING to solve many problems.
FreeRADIUS is responsible for authenticating one third of all users on the Internet.
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Get involved with The FreeRADIUS Server Project
Our comprehensive support for protocols, data stores, directories, databases, and language integrations would not be possible without contributions from the community. Open your favourite editor and help us make FreeRADIUS better!
Develop new modules
API documentation, C code examples, and anything else you need to get up-to-speed and writing modules for FreeRADIUS.
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Submit new modules
Developed your own module? Great! Submit your code back to the project and have it maintained by the community.
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Patch issues
Found an issue? We accept patches for everything, from code, to documentation, and even to this website!
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