RFC 2059 (rfc2059) - Page 1 of 25


RADIUS Accounting



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Network Working Group                                          C. Rigney
Request for Comments: 2059                                    Livingston
Category: Informational                                     January 1997


                           RADIUS Accounting

Status of this Memo

   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  This memo
   does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of
   this memo is unlimited.

Abstract

   This document describes a protocol for carrying accounting
   information between a Network Access Server and a shared Accounting
   Server.

Table of Contents

   1.     Introduction ..........................................    2
      1.1       Specification of Requirements ...................    3
      1.2       Terminology .....................................    3
   2.     Operation .............................................    3
   3.     Packet Format .........................................    4
   4.     Packet Types ..........................................    6
      4.1       Accounting-Request ..............................    7
      4.2       Accounting-Response .............................    8
   5.     Attributes ............................................    9
      5.1       Acct-Status-Type ................................   11
      5.2       Acct-Delay-Time .................................   12
      5.3       Acct-Input-Octets ...............................   13
      5.4       Acct-Output-Octets ..............................   13
      5.5       Acct-Session-Id .................................   14
      5.6       Acct-Authentic ..................................   15
      5.7       Acct-Session-Time ...............................   16
      5.8       Acct-Input-Packets ..............................   17
      5.9       Acct-Output-Packets .............................   17
      5.10      Acct-Terminate-Cause ............................   18
      5.11      Acct-Multi-Session-Id ...........................   20
      5.12      Acct-Link-Count .................................   21
      5.13      Table of Attributes .............................   22
   Security Considerations ......................................   24
   References ...................................................   24
   Acknowledgements .............................................   24
   Chair's Address ..............................................   25
   Author's Address .............................................   25



Rigney                       Informational