RFC 2869 (rfc2869) - Page 1 of 47


RADIUS Extensions



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Network Working Group                                           C. Rigney
Request for Comments: 2869                                     Livingston
Category: Informational                                        W. Willats
                                                        Cyno Technologies
                                                               P. Calhoun
                                                         Sun Microsystems
                                                                June 2000


                           RADIUS Extensions

Status of this Memo

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

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2000).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This document describes additional attributes for carrying
   authentication, authorization and accounting information between a
   Network Access Server (NAS) and a shared Accounting Server using the
   Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) protocol
   described in RFC 2865 [1] and RFC 2866 [2].

Table of Contents

   1.     Introduction ..........................................    2
      1.1       Specification of Requirements ...................    3
      1.2       Terminology .....................................    3
   2.     Operation .............................................    4
      2.1       RADIUS support for Interim Accounting Updates....    4
      2.2       RADIUS support for Apple Remote Access
                Protocol ........................................    5
      2.3       RADIUS Support for Extensible Authentication
                Protocol (EAP) ..................................   11
         2.3.1  Protocol Overview ...............................   11
         2.3.2  Retransmission ..................................   13
         2.3.3  Fragmentation ...................................   14
         2.3.4  Examples ........................................   14
         2.3.5  Alternative uses ................................   19
   3.     Packet Format .........................................   19
   4.     Packet Types ..........................................   19
   5.     Attributes ............................................   20



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