RFC 6158 · BEST CURRENT PRACTICE · 2011

RADIUS Design Guidelines

Overview

RFC 6158, “RADIUS Design Guidelines”, is a Best Current Practice document published in March 2011 by A. DeKok, G. Weber. It has since been updated by RFC 6929, RFC 8044. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document provides guidelines for the design of attributes used by the Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) protocol. It is expected that these guidelines will prove useful to authors and reviewers of future RADIUS attribute specifications, within the IETF as well as other Standards Development Organizations (SDOs). This memo documents an Internet Best Current Practice.

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What “Best Current Practice” means

Documents the IETF community's recommended operational or procedural practice rather than a protocol specification.

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Relationships to other RFCs
Updated by
RFC 6929 RFC 8044
Other RFCs from 2011

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