Standard RADIUS attributes that NetCache sends

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This section describes the RADIUS attributes that NetCache always sends to RADIUS servers, regardless of whether NetApp RADIUS extensions are used.

User-Name

Contained in

Access-Request

Format

String

Length: >= 3
Type: 1 for User-Name

Description

Indicates the name of the user to be authenticated. This attribute must be sent in Access-Request packets if it is available.

See RFC 2865 for more information about this attribute.

User-Password

Contained in

Access-Request

Format

String

Length: At least 18 and no longer than 130
Type: 2

Description

Indicates the password of the user to be authenticated.

See RFC 2865 for more information about this attribute.

NAS-IP-Address

Contained in

Access-Request

Format

Length: 6
Type: 4
Address: Four octets

Description

Indicates the identifying IP address of the NAS that is requesting authentication of the user. This attribute should be unique to the NAS within the scope of the RADIUS server. Either the NAS-IP-Address or NAS Identifier must be present in an Access-Request packet.

Calling-Station-Id

Contained in

Access-Request

Format

Length: >= 3
Type: 31

Description

RFC 2865 indicates that the Calling-Station-ID field can be an arbitrary byte string. NetCache handles the Calling-Station-ID as follows:

If IP authentication...	Then...
Is configured on the NetCache appliance	NetCache sends the IP address as a string in ASCII text.
Is not configured on the NetCache appliance	NetCache sends the IP address in its binary form in network byte order.