
Configuring and Troubleshooting Bay Dial VPN Services
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Tunnel Management in an All-RADIUS Network
The all-RADIUS solution integrates the TMS database functions into the
RADIUS server that resides on the service provider network. This RADIUS
server recognizes the format of the VPN identifier in the user name and returns
tunnel information to the NAS. The NAS uses the tunnel information to establish
a connection to the gateway. Once the connection is made, the user authentication
information is forwarded to the indicated authentication server.
Refer to Chapter 5
for more information about the contents of the TMS database.
How the TMS Database Works
The TMS database (by default, UNIX ndbm) resides on the tunnel management
server, which resides on the service provider’s network. The main function of this
database is to verify the user name (or domain) information supplied by the NAS.
It also supplies the NAS with the tunnel addressing information (in the Grant
message) that it needs to create a tunnel for a remote user. The Dial VPN
administrator enters the domain information and the tunnel addressing
information into the database as part of the TMS configuration process.
When the TMS receives a lookup request from the NAS, it parses the user name
into the user and domain name and DNIS, and creates a Domain/0 or
Domain/DNIS key. The TMS database uses this key to find a match in the
database with the supplied user name. If the key matches an existing entry, the
TMS checks to make sure that the maximum number of users is less than the
configured maximum. If so, the TMS sends a Grant message indicating that this is
a Dial VPN user. The Grant message contains the tunnel addressing information.
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