Class attribute, RFC Specified usage of ...

[Arran Cudbard-Bell]

Phil Mayers wrote:
>> Was there an RFC that went on to define the proper usage of the Class 
>> attribute, or is it's usage still ambiguous ?
> 
> Ambiguous how? The RFC seems pretty specific to me; the field is NOT to 
> be interpreted by the NAS, is generated in the Access-Accept and sent in 
> Accounting-Request - i.e. "it's local to the radius server, do what you 
> like with it".
>

Yes the RFC describes how parties should process the attribute, but it 
doesn't explicitly define an intended use.


>> I know some people use it to link accounting data to an authentication 
>> attempt....

> 
> That's one (common) use. There are others e.g. I've used it to signal to 
> the accounting server the type of NAS so that the exact method for 
> kicking a session is known purely from the SQL accounting info.

Heh, thats a neat idea :)

Thanks,
Arran

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