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FreeRADIUS Builds

Kwame — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:57:49 +0000

Have been helping people out with their FreeRADIUS deployments (usually for hotspots). As a result, I’ve started a little collection of Freeradius packages that I’ve built for Ubuntu. FreeRadius is available from the repositories but what you get sometimes is not the latest and greatest. I’m putting my builds up for download so that someone [...]

Does your RADIUS server think "user" = "USER"?

Kwame — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:45:23 +0000

If you happen to manage a hotspot that uses Freeradius with the sql module for authentication, you might want to pay attention. The default queries used by Freeradius sql module are case-insensitive. So if user “kwame” is successfully authenticated, another user “Kwame” can also successfully autheticate. And so can “KWAME”, “kwamE”, “KwaMe” and so on [...]

Lighttd: Put your webserver on a diet

Kwame — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:19:13 +0000

When you’re working with limited system resources, every bit that can be freed up counts. And if you have do your web development on machine with only 384mb of RAM, you start to be become a bit, um, mercenary about your resources. Running an Apache+PHP+MySQL stack alongside a GNOME desktop (xfce or fluxbox would be [...]

One cable to rule them all: POE for your WRT54G

Kwame — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:40:20 +0000

Last updates: 21-Jun-2009 Warning: This hack will not just void your warranty. It will drop-kick it to the floor, stomp it in the gonads five or six times, shoot it in the head, douse the body in petrol and set it ablaze THEN spit on the remains for good measure. And that doesn’t take into [...]

Web Interface for OpenWrt Kamikaze

Kwame — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:58:41 +0000

Warning: This can brick your router. Goes without saying, I will not take responsibility for whatever havoc you wreak. You have been warned. If you use your router for internet access, tt's best to have an alternative method of getting online. You have been warned!

Cantenna Chronicles – Part 1

Kwame — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 19:51:23 +0000

One of the problems I have with living off campus is that of internet access.. There is a wireless hotspot I can connect to but who want's to pay for slow internet access when you can get slightly faster internet access for free. The only hitch: I live so far from c ampus, my received signal levels are just depressing.

Unbricking Linksys WRT54G v5

Kwame — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:07:28 +0000

Before I begin: This WILL void your warranty (if you haven't done that already) and might result in damage to your router or cause you to sustain injury. You have been warned. I will not take any responsibility for any mishaps that may occur as a result of this post.