Radiusd process exited without notice

[Alan DeKok]

Bjørn Mork wrote:
> Alan DeKok <aland at deployingradius.com> writes:
>>   The Acct-Session-Time should be at least 1 second.
> 
> Why?  I can't find any such requirements in RFC 2866.

  The RFC's miss a *lot*.  It is permissible for a multi-homed NAS to
send an accounting "start" from one IP, "update" from another IP, and
"stop" from a third IP.  While this is insane, there is equipment that
behaves this way.

>  If the session
> lasts less than .5 seconds then an Acct-Session-Time of 0 makes perfect
> sense.  IMHO.

  Hmm... I still don't like it.

> I can agree that the near simultaneous start and stop requests indicates
> some error, but as suggested by Dinh Pham Cong it may be a user
> disconnecting immediately after the session is established.  That
> happens.  

  Yes.

  Alan DeKok.