radaccounting, what does octets mean?

Phil Mayers p.mayers at imperial.ac.uk
Sun Apr 9 03:17:26 CEST 2006


Alex M wrote:
> In accounting, what does an octet mean?

An octet is 8 bits.

A byte is almost always 8 bits, but can be other sizes in some obscure 
circumstances. Which is why the term octet exists.



More information about the Freeradius-Users mailing list