expiron / tsauth

A tiny client for Tsinghua network AAA system.

TsinghuaAuth

A tiny client for Tsinghua network AAA (Authentication, Authorization, Accounting) system.

Build and Install

• Ubuntu 18.04

1. Install dependencies

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake
$ sudo apt-get install libmbedtls-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libjson-c-dev

2. Clone sources

$ git clone https://github.com/expiron/tsauth.git

3. Build

$ mkdir -p tsauth/build && cd tsauth/build
$ cmake ..
$ make -j 1 V=sc

4. Install to /usr/local/bin

$ sudo make install

5. Enjoy it

$ tsauth --help

TsinghuaAuth v0.5.1

    A tiny client for Tsinghua network AAA system

Usage:
    tsauth --status
    tsauth [OPTIONS] [--login] [--net] [-d <IP>] -u <username> -p <password>
    tsauth [OPTIONS] --logout [-d <IP>] -u <username>

Options:
    -d, --addr <IP address>        Specify the IP address to authorize
        --http                     Use HTTP for requests instead of HTTPS
        --inside                   Authorize campus internal network only
    -i, --login                    Perform login operation (default)
    -o, --logout                   Perform logout operation
    -n, --net                      Perform request to net.tsinghua.edu.cn
    -u, --username <username>      Tsinghua username or ID number
    -p, --password <plaintext>     Password in plaintext
    -s, --status                   Show native network status
    -t, --timeout <seconds>        Timeout of each request (default: 1)
    -v, --verbose                  Show detailed information
    -h, -?, --help                 Show usage and quit
        --version                  Show version string and quit

Usage Examples

• Show native network status (remote address not supported)

$ tsauth --status

• Authentication for current device

$ tsauth [--login] -u username -p password

• Authentication only for campus internal network

$ tsauth -u username -p password --inside

• Authentication for specified IP address

$ tsauth -d ip -u username -p password

• Login net.tsinghua.edu.cn

$ tsauth --net -u username -p password

• Logout

$ tsauth -ou username

• Logout for specified IP address

$ tsauth -ou username -d ip

Limitation

• It seems that all the IPs will be authenticated in double-stack mode. --ipv4, --ipv6 options are deprecated.