I recently attempted to set up FreeRADIUS to act as an authentication server for a wireless network at my place of employment. Unfortunately, I had to jump through more hoops than required because of some incompatible legal red tape. You see, the Ubuntu package for FreeRADIUS comes from the Debian distribution. Unfortunately, this version of the package cannot link against the OpenSSL library because of some arbitrary interpretation of the GPL license. This whole frame of mind has to stop. As I have done in the past, I am releasing a version of the package on binarybadass.com that has this compiled in; regardless of what the license pundits say. If you are aware enough of the problem to require these packages, I’m sure you’ll know how to install them and configure them. The usual caveats apply; I’m not responsible if you manage to turn your computer into a molten pile of plastic, metal and silicon. I do not provide technical support for this package, yadda yadda yadda. This package was built for Ubuntu Linux 7.04 “Feisty Fawn” so your mileage may vary with other Debian and derivative distributions.

FreeRADIUS:

• freeradius_1.1.3-3ubuntu1_i386.deb

FreeRADIUS Extensions:

• freeradius-dialupadmin_1.1.3-3ubuntu1_all.deb
• freeradius-iodbc_1.1.3-3ubuntu1_i386.deb
• freeradius-krb5_1.1.3-3ubuntu1_i386.deb
• freeradius-ldap_1.1.3-3ubuntu1_i386.deb
• freeradius-mysql_1.1.3-3ubuntu1_i386.deb
• freeradius-postgresql_1.1.3-3ubuntu1_i386.deb

Pertinent Links:

• Article about Debian and OpenSSL
• FreeRADIUS
• Forum Posting in Ubuntu Forums