RFC 2059 · INFORMATIONAL · 1997
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
RADIUS Accounting
Overview
RFC 2059, “RADIUS Accounting”, is an Informational document published in January 1997 by C. Rigney. It has been obsoleted by RFC 2139 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes a protocol for carrying accounting information between a Network Access Server and a shared Accounting Server. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1997
- RFC 2058 Remote Authentication Dial In User Service
- RFC 2063 Traffic Flow Measurement: Architecture
- RFC 2064 Traffic Flow Measurement: Meter MIB
- RFC 2065 Domain Name System Security Extensions
- RFC 2066 TELNET CHARSET Option
- RFC 2067 IP over HIPPI
- RFC 2068 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1
- RFC 2069 An Extension to HTTP : Digest Access Authentication