HP-UX AAA Server A.07.01 Release Notes

Oracle Authentication
The Oracle authentication module is deprecated in this release and will be obsolete in
the next release of the HP-UX AAA Server. The Oracle authentication module is
supported using SQL Access. HP recommends that you set up your HP-UX AAA Server
to interact with the Oracle database using the SQL Access feature. For more information
on implementing SQL Access, see the HP-UX AAA Server A.07.01 Administrator’s Guide
at: http://www.docs.hp.com/en/internet.html#AAA%20Server%20%28RADIUS%29.
SecurID authentication
The SecurID authentication is deprecated in this release and will be obsolete in the next
release of the HP-UX AAA Server. The SecurID authentication can be replaced by Open
AuTHentication (OATH) standards-based One-Time Password (OTP) authentication.
OATH is an industry-wide collaboration to develop open-reference architecture for
strong authentication. The OATH standards-based OTP authentication solution supports
hardware and software tokens from multiple vendors. For more information on OATH
standards-based OTP authentication solution, see the HP-UX AAA Server A.07.01
Administrator’s Guide at: http://www.docs.hp.com/en/
internet.html#AAA%20Server%20%28RADIUS%29.
Known Problems and Limitations in HP-UX AAA Server A.07.01
This section lists the known problems and limitation of the HP-UX AAA Server A.07.01.
Known Problems
• Decreased RADIUS response time under heavy load due to increased CPU
consumption.
NOTE: This problem occurs with the HP-UX AAA Server A.07.01 on HP 9000
systems running HP-UX 11i v2 or HP-UX 11i v3. HP 9000 systems running HP-UX
11i v1, and HP Integrity® systems running HP-UX 11i v2 or HP-UX 11i v3 are not
affected.
Workaround 1: Utilize the pthread environment variable that minimizes pthread
overhead for the HP-UX AAA Server in the environment where the radiusd
daemon is launched:
$export PTHREAD_FORCE_SCOPE_SYSTEM=ON
Workaround 2: Install the PHCO_35997 pthread library patch on HP 9000 systems
running HP-UX 11i v2, or PHCO_37477 on HP 9000 systems running HP-UX 11i
v3. These patches are available at:
http://itrc.hp.com
• The HP-UX AAA Server leaks memory when the SQL Access feature uses the
MySQL Unix ODBC/MySQL client to interact with a MySQL database.
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