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Re: [FW-1] Authentication schemes: RADIUS vs Checkpoint certificate

Subject: Re: [FW-1] Authentication schemes: RADIUS vs Checkpoint certificate
From: fwguru <fwguru AT GMAIL DOT COM>
To: FW-1-MAILINGLIST AT AMADEUS.US.CHECKPOINT DOT COM
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 03:07:42 -0500
I agree with Reinhard.  RADIUS is still going to be single-factor, and
sounds like those connectivity problems are not related to certs (I see it a
lot with user/pass and Radius, too) or authentication.

Apples to apples, you should compare certificates to RSA SecurID.


Neil Delacruz




On 1/14/06, Reinhard Stich <r.stich AT internet-security DOT at> wrote:
>
> hi,
>
> certivicates are more secure than username/password authentication
> (that you have with radius).
>
> if you have connection problems with your client-VPN I don't think
> this is related to the authentication method.
>
> cheers
> reinhard
>
> At 18:06 14.01.2006, you wrote:
> >Hello Gurus,
> >
> >
> >
> >Has anyone compared the Checkpoint VPN authentication schemes? Which one
> is
> >better the RADIUS or using Checkpoint VPN Certificate? I'd like to
> compare
> >the reliability of those schemes. Currently my company is using the VPN
> >certificate scheme, but it seems that the authentication fails
> frequently.
> >The errors are such as gateway not responding, negotiation fail,
> etc.  Has
> >anyone experienced this?
> >
> >Suggestions, advices, or thoughts are highly appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >
> >Edward
> >
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