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RE: Comments on "RADIUS Design Guidelines" document




> > Also, the use of SHOULD NOT implies that there are circumstances in which
> > protocol changes or new commands can be standardized outside the IETF. Is
> > this what was intended?
>
> No. We can change this to a MUST NOT.
>
> > Since [EXTEN] defines extensions to the standard RADIUS attribute
> > space and this section is talking about VSAs, the reference is a bit
> > confusing. Is the intent to suggest that VSAs other than type 0
> > can also use the [EXTEN] format?
>
> Yes.

You might say, "with a different vendor-type" to make that clear.

> RFC 2869, Section 5.19 (Table of Attributes) indicates that
> Connect-Info is permitted in Access-Request packets. Admins would like
> to use this information to perform policy checks.

OK.  The question still remains, though.  If an attribute is only used in
Accounting-Request packets, does the argument against complex
attributes still apply?