HP 6125G HP 6125G & 6125G/XG Blade Switches Security Configuration Gui - Page 14
Packet type, Description, RADIUS packet format, Table 1, Main values of the Code field
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Figure 4 RADIUS packet format Descriptions of the fields are as follows: • The Code field (1 byte long) indicates the type of the RADIUS packet. Table 1 gives the possible values and their meanings. Table 1 Main values of the Code field Code Packet type 1 Access-Request 2 Access-Accept 3 Access-Reject 4 Accounting-Request 5 Accounting-Response Description From the client to the server. A packet of this type carries user information for the server to authenticate the user. It must contain the User-Name attribute and can optionally contain the attributes of NAS-IP-Address, User-Password, and NAS-Port. From the server to the client. If all the attribute values carried in the Access-Request are acceptable, the authentication succeeds, and the server sends an Access-Accept response. From the server to the client. If any attribute value carried in the Access-Request is unacceptable, the authentication fails and the server sends an Access-Reject response. From the client to the server. A packet of this type carries user information for the server to start or stop accounting for the user. The Acct-Status-Type attribute in the packet indicates whether to start or stop accounting. From the server to the client. The server sends a packet of this type to notify the client that it has received the Accounting-Request and has successfully recorded the accounting information. • The Identifier field (1 byte long) is used to match request and response packets and to detect duplicate request packets. Request and response packets of the same type have the same identifier. • The Length field (2 bytes long) indicates the length of the entire packet, including the Code, Identifier, Length, Authenticator, and Attribute fields. Bytes beyond this length are considered padding and are ignored at the receiver. If the length of a received packet is less than this length, the packet is dropped. The value of this field is in the range of 20 to 4096. • The Authenticator field (16 bytes long) is used to authenticate replies from the RADIUS server and to encrypt user passwords. There are two types of authenticators: request authenticator and response authenticator. 4