Managing RADIUS

RADIUS General Non-Session Attributes

The following table defines the RADIUS general non-session attributes:

RADIUS Overhead

Definition

Attributes

 

 

 

NAS-IP-Address

IP address of the NAS. Used in Access-

 

Request packets.

NAS-Port

NAS Port Number. Used in Access-Request

 

packets.

Reply-Message

ASCII text, that the NAS may optionally

 

display. Used in Access-Accept, Access-

 

Reject, or Access-Challenge packets.

State

Opaque data sent from the server to the client

 

in an Access-Challenge packet, to be sent

 

back to the server by the client in a new

 

Access-Request packet. Needed to support

 

challenge/response forms of authentication.

Class

Opaque data sent from the server to the client

 

in a Access-Accept packet, to be sent to the

 

accounting server by the client in a

 

Accounting-Request packet. Needed to

 

support RADIUS accounting.

Vendor-Specific

Vendor-specific data, prefixed by the

 

assigned vendor OID. Used in all but Access-

 

Reject packets. Please refer to the following

 

table for a list of the vendor-specific

 

attributes.

 

 

DIGITAL Vendor-Specific Attributes

The following table defines the DIGITAL vendor-specific attributes:

DIGITAL Vendor-Specific Attributes

Service Permissions (1)

V-Type — 1 for service permissions.

 

V-Length >= 3

 

Integer — The value field is 4 octets. The

 

value is formatted as a bit map.

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