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Program Flow

Table 2-3 Client or NAS Scripting Points (continued)

Action

Explanation

/Radius/Advanced/RequireNASsBehindProxyBeInClie

ntList set to TRUE.

The NAS’s Identifier listed in /Radius/Clients/<Name>, or its NAS-IP-Address listed in /Radius/Clients/<Name>/IPAddress.

If the client’s IP address listed in /Radius/Clients/<Name>/IPAddress is different:

*Executes the vendor’s

The vendor listed in /Radius/Clients/Name/Vendor, and is

incoming script.

a script referred to in

 

/Radius/Vendors/<Name>/IncomingScript.

 

 

*Executes the client’s

The client listed in the previous /Radius/Clients/Name, and

incoming script.

is a script referred to in

 

/Radius/Clients/Name/IncomingScript.

 

 

Authentication and/or Authorization Scripting Points

Table 2-4shows the location of the scripting points within the section that determines whether to perform authentication and/or authorization.

Table 2-4 Authentication and Authorization Scripting Points

Action

Explanation

 

 

Determines Service to

The Service name defined in the Environment dictionary

use for authentication

variable Authentication-Service, and is the same as the

and/or authorization.

Service defined in the Environment dictionary variable

 

Authorization-Service.

 

 

 

The Service name referred to by

 

/Radius/DefaultAuthenticationService, and is the same

 

as the Service defined in

 

/Radius/DefaultAuthorizationService.

 

 

Performs

If the Services are the same, perform authentication and

authentication and/or

authorization.

authorization.

 

If the Services are different, just perform authentication.

 

 

 

*Executes the

A script referred to in

Service’s incoming

/Radius/Services/<Name>/IncomingScript.

script.

 

 

 

Performs

Based on the Service type defined in

authentication and/or

/Radius/Services/<Name>/<Type>.

authorization.

 

 

 

*Executes the

A script referred to in

Service’s outgoing

/Radius/Services/<Name>/OutgoingScript.

script.

 

 

 

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