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RE: Possible Resolution to Issue 198: Attribute Concatenation/Splitting
- To: "Bernard Aboba" <bernard_aboba@hotmail.com>
- Subject: RE: Possible Resolution to Issue 198: Attribute Concatenation/Splitting
- From: "Glen Zorn \(gwz\)" <gwz@cisco.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 09:34:18 -0700
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Bernard Aboba <> supposedly scribbled:
> I am wondering if the following approach to the
> concatenation/splitting problem with NAS-Filter-Rule might work:
>
> a. Add a single octet Tag field:
>
> 0 1 2 3
> 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
>
>
>
> +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |
> Type | Length | Tag | String...
> +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
>
> b. Specify that a multiple NAS-Filter-Rule attributes with the same
> value of the Tag field represent a single rule and are to be
> concatenated when translating to Diameter NAS-Filter-Rule.
>
> c. Prohibit reordering of NAS-Filter-Rule attributes.
>
> d. Suggest that ASCII values (e.g. '1'=0x31, etc.) be used in the tag
> field so they can be entered easily.
This sounds very similar to what was discussed in Montreal. I think that this would work fine, and particularly well with the VSA method of extending the attribute space.
...
Hope this helps,
~gwz
Why is it that most of the world's problems can't be solved by simply
listening to John Coltrane? -- Henry Gabriel
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