Vendor-type length problem

[Alan DeKok]

"MINODIER David RD-RESA-LAN" <david.minodier at francetelecom.com> wrote:
> I have a Radius client (not generic but proprietary) that encodes its
> vendor-type on *2* octets while the "normal and common" way is to encode
> the vendor-type on 1 octet (0-255).

  Yeah, some vendors do that.

> - Is there an RFC that actually defines for good the length of the
> vendor-type? (I did not manage to find that piece of information)

  No.

> - can Freeradius encode a vendor-type on 2 octets for 1 specific vendor
> while replying to the client? 

  In 1.0.5, no.  In the CVS head, yes.

> - if so (I doubt...), how? (configuration? Special dictionary format?)

  Code modifications.

  Alan DeKok.