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= Main Inclusion Report for freeradius =

Requirements

1. Availability: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/f/freeradius/; available for all arches

2. Rationale:

   • https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerPackageReview

3. Security:

   • CVE entries: None against current version.

   • Secunia history: None against current version.

   • No binaries running as suid/sgid root, freeradius daemon is started but can run as a separate user.
   • Network activity: Opens a port (1812/1813) and handles incoming network activity.
   • Any source code review performed ?
     • No

4. Quality assurance:

   • Freeradius needs to be custom configured to the site. So if its configured wrong it will not work properly.
   • Does the package ask any debconf questions higher than priority 'medium' ? no

   • Debian bugs:

     • http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=459978 (Could be confusing for users)

   • Maintenance in Debian is calm, (vigorous before August 2007).

   • http://www.freeradius.org is vigorous.

   • http://bugs.freeradius.org/ is active and a lot of bugs are taken care of.

   • Hardware: Works with various hardware vendors that requires an authentication server.

5. Standards compliance:

   • FHS, Debian Policy compliance ?

     • Yes

   • Debian library packaging guide standards compliance ?

     • Yes
   • Packaging system (debhelper/cdbs/dbs)
     • Uses debhelper and dpatch.

6. Dependencies:

   • All build dependencies are in main.

7. Background information:

Reviewers

MIR bug: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeradius/+bug/185727 ChuckShort