This table should help you choose one of two ClearBox server editions.

Feature

ClearBox TACACS+ RADIUS Server

ClearBox Enterprise RADIUS Server

Authentication
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
LDAP directories authentication + (TACACS server only) +
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 (TACACS server only) MD4, MD5, SHA-1
MPPE encryption for VPN connections + +
TACACS+ authentication + –
Logging authentication failed/accepted requests to a database + +
Sending authentication failed/accepted requests to a syslog server + +
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
Authorization
Authorization with attributes from LDAP directory – +
Authorization by denied RADIUS attributes + +
Authorization by required RADIUS attributes + +
Request attributes available in any SQL query – +
TACACS+ authorization + –
Accounting
Forwarding accounting requests + +
Logging accounting requests to a database + +
Logging accounting requests to a text file + +
TACACS+ accounting + –
Switching to new server log files daily – +
Logging discarded packets to a database – +
Maintaining
Debug mode + +
Pre-installed vendor dictionaries Cisco, Microsoft, Ascend Cisco, Microsoft, Ascend, Quintum, Colubris, Slipstream, Nomadix, IP3Networks, WISPr
Server Watch monitoring service – +
Configuration
Server configuration stores Plain XML file Plain XML file, SQL database
Automatic configuration reloading – +
Editing server configuration remotly – +
Server Manager, automatically detecting server activation – +
Configurator with SQL editor – +
Selecting a realm by a SQL command – +
Software developer's kit (SDK) for developing custom solutions based on the ClearBox engine + –