This optional parameter indicates that the passwords in the
user database may have been reversibly encrypted using Rcrypt. Any
password in the database read by this AuthBy and which is in the form
{rcrypt}anythingatall will be interpreted as an
Rcrypt password and the function
Radius::Rcrypt::decrypt() will be used to decrypt it
before any password comparisons are made. Rcrypt encrypted passwords are
compatible with PAP, CHAP, and MS-CHAP.
Rcrypt reversible encryption
allows you keep your user password database reasonably secure, but still
support CHAP, MS-CHAP and other authentication methods that require access
to the plaintext password. Rcrypt encryption is supported as an option by
the RAdmin RADIUS user administration package from Radiator
Software.
Tip
The value of RcryptKey must exactly match
the key that was used to originally encrypt the passwords.
Tip
You can add Rcrypt encryption and decryption to other programs
with the Radius::Rcrypt Perl module supplied with
Radiator.
