Accounting Packet Types

At this point, we have covered the structure of the packets that RADIUS uses to transmit accounting data. But we need to establish the identity and properties of these specific packets. There are two RADIUS packet types that are relevant to the accounting phase of an AAA transaction:

  • Accounting-Request

  • Accounting-Response

The next section will step through these packets and detail their intent, format, and structure.

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