Radius Server
if you have worked in an ISP and have a Web acoount to your Main Providr -Class B or Class A Provider .. . you May see A Pic like this one Under here …
I Always wondered about what is that RADIUS ... all i knew before about the word radius is that it’s equivalent to half Diameter .. till i googled for the word and then i know that radius is a Server … and it’s very nice and important one and here what i got from google..
Radius is a server for remote user authentication and accounting. Its primary use is for Internet Service Providers, though it may as well be used on any network that needs a centralized authentication and/or accounting service for its workstationsGNU has Radius project ..
RADIUS = Remote Authentication Dial In User Service .
to know more about it …
GNU Radius Page
WikiPedia Radius Page
Aradial RADIUS server and this how it’s connected
Enjoy .. 
and Hope it helps …
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By the way there is another authentication protocol called DIAMETER but it’s not as famous as the RADIUS
Comment by Green Data — December 24, 2005 @ 11:05 am
Thanks for sharing ..
Comment by seeker — December 24, 2005 @ 12:59 pm