RE: Status of RADEXT Issues 115 and 116

["Sanchez, Mauricio (PNB Roseville)" <mauricio.sanchez@hp.com>]

Dave,

Would the addition of the following defintion to the terminology section
cover your concerns?

Terminal
	A terminal is an endpoint, such as an 802.1X supplicant,
attached to the NAS port.  

Cheers,
MS
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nelson, David [mailto:dnelson@enterasys.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 4:30 PM
> To: Sanchez, Mauricio (PNB Roseville); radiusext@ops.ietf.org
> Subject: RE: Status of RADEXT Issues 115 and 116
> 
> > Yes, this is know.  On 1/10/06 I wrote in response to your issue:
> 
> > "[ms] This sentence comes by way of the IPFilterRule 
> description found 
> > in Diameter [RFC3588].  What would you suggest we do for RADIUS? Is 
> > terminal not a globally known term in RADIUS, if not, is there any?
> > Perhaps can you suggest a definition to add to the 
> terminology section.
> > "
> 
> > I await your response.
>  
> Ah.  Brain fade...
> 
> Terminal may have been a well understood term in the days 
> when RADIUS was just for Terminal Servers.  I would recommend 
> either substituting another term in the text, or creating a 
> definition in the Terminology section.   Perhaps "network 
> device attached to the NAS port".  You might also mention (in 
> a definition) that "terminal" often means the "IEEE 802.1X 
> Supplicant".
> 
>  
> 
> 

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