IANA policies (RFC 3575)

["Bernard Aboba" <bernard_aboba@hotmail.com>]

There was a question on IANA allocation of values for existing RADIUS 
attributes.

Here is what RFC 3575 Section 2.1 says:

  Certain attributes (for example, NAS-Port-Type) in RADIUS define a
  list of values to correspond with various meanings.  There can be 4
  billion (2^32) values for each attribute.  Additional values can be
  allocated by the Designated Expert.  The exception to this policy is
  the Service-Type attribute (6), whose values define new modes of
  operation for RADIUS.  Values 1-16 of the Service-Type attribute have
  been allocated.  Allocation of new Service-Type values are by IETF
  Consensus.  The intention is that any allocation will be accompanied
  by a published RFC.

Designated Expert is defined as follows:

  For registration requests where a Designated Expert should be
  consulted, the responsible IESG area director should appoint the
  Designated Expert.  The intention is that any allocation will be
  accompanied by a published RFC.

So the process is to request allocation of a value from IANA, and get a 
Designated Expert assigned by the AD to review the request.  The results of 
the expert review are then discussed on the mailing list.



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