Wasn't there a draft previously that talked to making the RADIUS message format a bit more Diameter-like? What happened to that draft? Maybe that could be used as a beginning for this problem? I assume you're about to propose that this general problem be a WG work item? MS > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-radiusext@ops.ietf.org > [mailto:owner-radiusext@ops.ietf.org] On Behalf Of Bernard Aboba > Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 7:58 AM > To: radiusext@ops.ietf.org > Subject: The RADIUS attribute space: an assessment > > At various points, authors of extended attribute space > proposals have pointed out the potential for exhaustion of > the RADIUS attribute space > defined in RFC 2865. Based on an examination of the > attribute needs of > current and projected IETF WG work items, I believe this > concern is quite real. > > Based on the IANA web page and RFC 3575, currently RADIUS > attributes 123-191 are eligible for assignment. Of these, 5 > attributes need to be allocated for documents that have > currently completed IETF last call (Delegated-Prefix and > VLAN/Priority attributes). An additional 5 attributes are > required for documents that have undergone WG last call > (RADIUS GEOPRIV and filter attributes). This will leave a > total of 58 attributes unassigned (133-191). > > A look at the remaining RADEXT WG work items seems to > indicate that they > could consume somewhere between 25 and 35 attributes. This > would leave > between 23 and 33 attributes remaining. > > Recently, the MIPv4 WG submitted a request to charter work on > MIPv4 attributes for RADIUS. The current draft requests the > allocation of 31 attributes. > > It would therefore appear that the need for additional > attribute space is quite real, and rather immediate (e.g. > next 12-18 months). > > > > -- > to unsubscribe send a message to radiusext-request@ops.ietf.org with > the word 'unsubscribe' in a single line as the message text body. > archive: <http://psg.com/lists/radiusext/> >
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