Node RADIUS Server Example

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TL;DR

This guide provides a Node.js example for creating a functional RADIUS server capable of handling authentication requests and integrating custom validation logic.

  • The server architecture allows the developer to hook the basic RADIUS function to external authentication service checks (e.g., LDAP or threat detection).
  • It processes core RADIUS packets, specifically recognizing an Access-Request and generating the appropriate Access-Accept or Access-Reject response.
  • Implementation utilizes Node.js packages like dgram for UDP handling and the 'radius' module for packet encoding/decoding.
  • The utility of this basic server makes it valuable for debugging hardware devices lacking robust internal logging.