This comparison table should help you in choosing the right
ClearBox product.
Feature
|
ClearBox TACACS+ RADIUS Server
|
ClearBox Enterprise RADIUS Server
|
| Authentication protocols |
PAP, CHAP, MS-CHAP, MS-CHAPv2, ARAP, EAP-MD5 |
PAP, CHAP, MS-CHAP, MS-CHAPv2, EAP-MD5, SIP/HTTP
digest |
| IEEE 802.1x authentication protocols |
– |
PEAP (with EAP-MS-CHAPv2 and
EAP-TLS), EAP-TLS |
| MPPE encryption for VPN connections |
+ |
+ |
| LDAP directories authentication |
– |
+
|
| Authorization with attributes from LDAP
directory |
– |
+
|
| Authentication against Windows domains and
workgroups |
+ |
+ |
| Authentication proxy |
+ |
+ |
| SQL pre-authentication before forwarding
authentication requests |
– |
+
|
| Filtering policies for forwarded packets |
Add, remove, change attributes and values |
Add, remove, change attributes and values |
| Authentication against SQL data sources |
+ |
+ |
| Support for password, stored encrypted in data
sources |
– |
MD4, MD5, SHA-1
|
| Authorization by denied RADIUS attributes |
+ |
+ |
| Authorization by required RADIUS attributes |
+ |
+ |
| Request attributes available in any SQL
query |
– |
+
|
| Forwarding accounting requests |
+ |
+ |
| Logging accounting requests to a database |
+ |
+ |
| Logging accounting requests to a text file |
+ |
+ |
| Logging authentication failed/accepted requests
to a database |
+ |
+ |
| Sending authentication failed/accepted requests
to a syslog server |
+ |
+
|
| Logging discarded packets to a database |
– |
+
|
| Debug mode |
+ |
+ |
| Selecting a realm by a SQL command |
– |
+
|
| Server configuration stores |
Plain XML file |
Plain XML file, SQL database |
| TACACS+ authentication |
+
|
– |
| TACACS+ authorization |
+
|
– |
| TACACS+ accounting |
+
|
– |
| Software developer's kit (SDK) for developing
custom solutions based on the ClearBox engine |
+
|
– |
| Supported data sources |
MS SQL Server, MS Access, MySQL, Oracle, any
ODBC- and OLE DB-compliant SQL data engine |
MS SQL Server, MS Access, MySQL, Oracle, any
ODBC- and OLE DB-compliant SQL data engine |
| Switching to new server log files daily |
– |
+
|
| Server Watch monitoring service |
– |
+
|
| Supported macro keys |
$u, $r, $c, $n, $p, $s |
$u, $r, $c, $n, $p, $s, $f, $h, $x |
| Automatic configuration reloading |
– |
+
|
| Server Manager, automatically detecting server
activation |
– |
+
|
| Editing server configuration remotly |
– |
+
|
| Built-in SQL editor with syntax highlighting in
Configurator |
– |
+
|
| Pre-installed vendor dictionaries |
Cisco, Microsoft, Ascend |
Cisco, Microsoft, Ascend, Quintum, Colubris,
Slipstream, Nomadix, IP3Networks, WISPr, Acme, Citrix, DSL
Forum |
