DHCP Authentication method?

[Hetz Ben Hamo]

Sorry, at first I thought to do authentication using the DHCP suboption. NM
:)

Hetz

2010/7/30 Shachar Shemesh <shachar at shemesh.biz>

>  Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
>
>  Hi,
> I'm looking to test a very simple DHCP authentication, to allow a user to
> get a dynamic IP.
> In order to authenticate the user, the user will need to type a number
> which will be compared to a number stored in a flat text file. If he will
> write the correct number, he'll get a full web access. If not, "wrong
> number". the authentication won't let the user do any ssh to the machine,
> just web browsing.
>
>  I thought doing it with PAM, iptables and NoCatAuth, but it seems that
> NoCatAuth is outdated (it doesn't have any updates since 2004).
>
>  Does anyone has any recommendation for any way to use it? I don't want to
> use MySQL, LDAP - it's an overkill solution for something that should be
> simple..
>
> What does any of the above have to do with DHCP?
>
> Shachar
>
> --
> Shachar Shemesh
> Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd.http://www.lingnu.com
>
>


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