Proxying accounting to create a 'tee'

[Ivan Kalik]

> Right. I was hoping there was a way for robust-proxy-accounting to respond
> to the NAS when the proxy isn't responding, since the accounting request
> has
> been "successfully" processed (i.e., written to the detail log and saved
> for
> later proxying).

So it's still waiting to be processed - it hasn't been successfully
processed.

>> > I'm adapting robust-proxy-accounting for our environment and can't
>> > figure out how (or if it's possible) to get FreeRADIUS to respond to
>> the
>> > originating NAS when proxying fails and the detail is logged for later
>> > proxying.
>>
>> Yep that's a good idea if the data is time critical, it also allows
>> multiple requests to be forwarded in parallel.
>
> nod, this is my preference. Unfortunately (as I mentioned above), I
> haven't
> been able to figure out if/how it's possible to have FreeRADIUS always
> respond to the NAS, even when the proxy isn't responding and accounting is
> spooled to the detail file for later processing.

Use appropriate policy (decoupled accounting).

Ivan Kalik
Kalik Informatika ISP