Need to understand flow
Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET
ml at t-b-o-h.net
Thu May 22 17:37:27 CEST 2008
> > I'm having to write my own validation and accounting for a device,
>
> Don't. Please. There are a number of RADIUS libraries available,
> including freeradius-client, on freeradius.org. It's supported, it
> works, and it's in use by a number of products.
>
I have no issue using a library. Right now I'm working with
Net::Radius. But to use it I need to understand the flow since it only
seems to be able to assemble and disassemble the packets, not tell me how
to do it.
>
> > and I need to understand a little about the flow. Is there a good reference
> > for this? I don't have to support much, basically user/pass authentication,
> > updating accounting, timeout, logoff.
>
> See the RFC's.
>
Ok. I was hoping for something more than RFC's, but if thats the
starting point, off I'll go.
>
> > I believe I next need to send an accounting_start packet. Some
> > of the items I'm not sure where they come from (Acct-Session-Id,
> > Acct-Unique-Session-Id) or how they might be generated.
>
> This is not a mailing list for general RADIUS questions. The RFC's
> exist. Please read them.
>
Jawol.
>
> If you're doing this for a customer, you're getting paid. Don't
> expect anyone here to help you (for free) to create your product that
> has nothing to do with FreeRADIUS.
>
Actually, no, I'm not doing this for a customer. I'm doing it
for an OpenSource/Sourceforge project, but I really appreciate your
support in it all.
Tuc
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