Received: from [122.164.45.61] by web7807.mail.in.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 28 Jun 2007 06:03:01 BST Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 06:03:01 +0100 (BST) From: suganthi velusamy Subject: duplicate requests... To: free radius MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-1420644134-1183006981=:64408" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Length: 1940 --0-1420644134-1183006981=:64408 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi all.... In the file radiusd.c, i am not able to understand the following... what is "fake request" and what is duplicate requests??????? when a request is considered as duplicate??? /* * "fake" requests MUST NEVER be in the request list. * * They're used internally in the server. Any reply * is a reply to the local server, and any proxied packet * gets sent outside of the tunnel. */ rad_assert((curreq->options & RAD_REQUEST_OPTION_FAKE_REQUEST) == 0); /* * The current request isn't finished, which * means that the NAS sent us a new packet, while * we are still processing the old request. */ if (!curreq->finished) { /* * If the authentication vectors are identical, * then the NAS is re-transmitting it, trying to * kick us into responding to the request. */ if (memcmp(curreq->packet->vector, packet->vector, sizeof(packet->vector)) == 0) { RAD_SNMP_INC(rad_snmp.auth.total_dup_requests); /* /* * It's not finished because the request * was proxied, but there was no reply * from the home server. */ if (curreq->proxy && !curreq->proxy_reply) { /* * We're taking care of sending * duplicate proxied packets, so * we ignore any duplicate * requests from the NAS. * * FIXME: Make it ALWAYS synchronous! */ if (!mainconfig.proxy_synchronous) { RAD_SNMP_TYPE_INC(listener, total_packets_dropped); DEBUG2("Ignoring duplicate packet from client " "%s:%d - ID: %d, due to outstanding proxied request %d.", client_name(packet->src_ipaddr), packet->src_port, packet->id, curreq->number); Thanks.... --------------------------------- Once upon a time there was 1 GB storage on Yahoo! Mail. Click here for happy ending! --0-1420644134-1183006981=:64408 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit  Hi all....

        In the file radiusd.c, i am not able to understand the following... what is "fake request" and what is duplicate requests??????? when a request is considered as duplicate???


/*
* "fake" requests MUST NEVER be in the request list.
*
* They're used internally in the server. Any reply
* is a reply to the local server, and any proxied packet
* gets sent outside of the tunnel.
*/
rad_assert((curreq->options & RAD_REQUEST_OPTION_FAKE_REQUEST) == 0);

/*
* The current request isn't finished, which
* means that the NAS sent us a new packet, while
* we are still processing the old request.
*/
if (!curreq->finished) {
/*
* If the authentication vectors are identical,
* then the NAS is re-transmitting it, trying to
* kick us into responding to the request.
*/
if (memcmp(curreq->packet->vector, packet->vector,
sizeof(packet->vector)) == 0) {
RAD_SNMP_INC(rad_snmp.auth.total_dup_requests);

/* /*
* It's not finished because the request
* was proxied, but there was no reply
* from the home server.
*/
if (curreq->proxy && !curreq->proxy_reply) {
/*
* We're taking care of sending
* duplicate proxied packets, so
* we ignore any duplicate
* requests from the NAS.
*
* FIXME: Make it ALWAYS synchronous!
*/
if (!mainconfig.proxy_synchronous) {
RAD_SNMP_TYPE_INC(listener, total_packets_dropped);
DEBUG2("Ignoring duplicate packet from client "
"%s:%d - ID: %d, due to outstanding proxied request %d.",
client_name(packet->src_ipaddr),
packet->src_port, packet->id,
curreq->number);


Thanks....

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