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2.2 RADIUS Requests

The term request refers to both the authentication/accounting request packet from a NAS to a RADIUS server and the response packet that the server sends back to the NAS.

Each request contains the following fields:

Code

The code field identifies the type of the request.

Identifier

The number in the range 0–255 used to match the request with the reply.

Length

The length of the request packet.

Authenticator

The 16-byte hash value used to authenticate the packet.

Attributes

The list of attribute-value pairs carrying actual information about the request.


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