[RADIATOR] proxying POD reply packets

Michael ringo at vianet.ca
Tue Jul 16 16:17:56 CDT 2013



On 16/07/13 04:24 PM, Heikki Vatiainen wrote:
> On 07/13/2013 08:20 PM, Michael wrote:
>
>> So, my complicated config determines what device the request needs to
>> go to and sends, and then it converts the POD and COA packets to
>> accounting packets using scripting, then sends to my accounting
>> handler and that POD/COA request is logged.
> Ok, so that's where the 'Accounting rejected' log entry in your first
> message came from.
>
> The default processing in Radiator will proxy back both ACKed and NAKed
> messages. The latter will be logged as a failed message with
> 'Change-Filter-Request rejected: thereason', but it will be proxied back
> just like an ACKed reply.
>
> However, rejected accounting messages are dropped. The RADIUS spec does
> not specify how to reject accounting messages, so there's no
> Accounting-Rejected message type to send back. You get drops instead.
>
> Thanks,
> Heikki
>

hmm so, are you saying radiator after proxying out my POD/COA requests, 
and after i then convert the packet to an accounting packet and log it, 
radiator is actually expecting that the POD/COA reply coming back is 
actually an accounting reply and does not relay it to the radpwtst?



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