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Re: RFC3580 Clarification / Tunnel-Medium-Type / Clarification
On Wednesday 17 October 2007 16:23, Alan DeKok wrote:
> Connault, Jean-Fabien wrote:
> > Could someone please clarify the value being sent back through the
> > Tunnel-Medium-Type RADIUS attribute?
> > .......
> > It appears that some RADIUS servers are sending back 802 while others
> > are sending back 6. Does anyone have a list of which RADIUS server is
> > sending which value?
I can tell you that Radiator sends 6.
Cheers.
>
> It's not just the server. Many servers permit the value for
> enumerated types to be given as integers, in addition to names. This is
> for non-standard and/or local extensions. So "802" is a valid value, as
> is 803, 804, 805....
>
> Administrators can enter integer values manually, and cause the server
> to send back non-standard values, even if the dictionary contains a
> non-integer name such as "IEEE-802".
>
> My $0.02 is that the client should accept both 802 (because it's not
> used elsewhere, and it's a common problem), and 6.
>
> I also think that the guidelines document could be updated with a
> sentence or two on naming values: Names for enumerated values SHOULD NOT
> be integers, as it results in precisely this kind of confusion.
>
> Alan DeKok.
>
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