Authen::Simple::RADIUS(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			       Authen::Simple::RADIUS(3pm)

NAME

       Authen::Simple::RADIUS - Simple RADIUS authentication

SYNOPSIS

	   use Authen::Simple::RADIUS;

	   my $radius = Authen::Simple::RADIUS->new(
	       host   => 'radius.company.com',
	       secret => 'secret'
	   );

	   if ( $radius->authenticate( $username, $password ) ) {
	       # successfull authentication
	   }

	   # or as a mod_perl Authen handler

	   PerlModule Authen::Simple::Apache
	   PerlModule Authen::Simple::RADIUS

	   PerlSetVar AuthenSimpleRADIUS_host "radius.company.com"
	   PerlSetVar AuthenSimpleRADIUS_pdc  "secret"

	   <Location /protected>
	     PerlAuthenHandler Authen::Simple::RADIUS
	     AuthType	       Basic
	     AuthName	       "Protected Area"
	     Require	       valid-user
	   </Location>

DESCRIPTION

       RADIUS authentication.

METHODS

       * new
	   This method takes a hash of parameters. The following options are valid:

	   * host  Connection host, can be a hostname or IP address. Defaults to "localhost".

		       host => 'ldap.company.com'
		       host => '10.0.0.1'

	   * port  Connection port, default to 1812.

		       port => 1645

	   * timeout
		   Connection timeout, defaults to 10.

		       timeout => 20

	   * secret
		   Shared secret. Required.

		       secret => 'mysecret'

	   * log   Any object that supports "debug", "info", "error" and "warn".

		       log => Log::Log4perl->get_logger('Authen::Simple::RADIUS')

       * authenticate( $username, $password )
	   Returns true on success and false on failure.

SEE ALSO

       Authen::Simple.

       Authen::Radius.

AUTHOR

       Christian Hansen "ch@ngmedia.com"

COPYRIGHT

       This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.8.8							    2008-03-01					       Authen::Simple::RADIUS(3pm)