AAA Protocols Reference Information

(Authentication, Authorization, Accounting)

RADIUS - Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service

RFCs

• Base Specs:
• RFC 2865 - RADIUS Authentication and Authorization (Draft Standard)
• RFC 2866 - RADIUS Accounting (Info)
• RFC 2869 - RADIUS Extensions (Info)
• RFC 3162 - RADIUS and IPv6 (PS)
  
• RFC 3575 - IANA Considerations for RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial In User Service) (PS)

• Tunneling:
• RFC 2809 - Implementation of L2TP Compulsory Tunneling via RADIUS (Info)
• RFC 2868 - RADIUS Attributes for Tunnel Protocol Support (Info)
• RFC 2867 - RADIUS Accounting Modifications for Tunnel Protocol Support (Info)

• MIBS:
  
• RFC 2618 – Authentication Client (PS)
• RFC 2619 – Authentication Server (PS)
• RFC 2620 – Accounting Client (Info)
• RFC 2621 – Accounting Server (Info)

• Others:
  
• RFC 2545 - Microsoft Vendor-specific RADIUS Attributes (Info)
• RFC 3576 - Dynamic Authorization Extensions to Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) (Info)
• RFC 3579 - RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial In User Service) Support For Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) (Info)
• RFC 3580 - IEEE 802.1X Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) Usage Guidelines (Info)

Note that only the main Radius document (RFC 2865) is on the IETF Full Standards path. Most other documents are Informational RFCs only. (See RFC 2062 for a description of the standards types and processes)

The prior RADIUS RFCs 2058, 2059, 2138 & 2139 are obsolete.

Annotated Documents

• RADIUS RFCs hosted on Free RADIUS host site

Attribute Cross References

• RADIUS & Diameter AVP Spread sheet (Excel file) [not ready yet]
• RADIUS & Diameter AVP web page (Html table)
  
• RADIUS Attribute list (Free RADIUS host site)

Working Groups

• RADIUS WG - closed
• RADIUS Extentions BOF - under consideration

RoamOps - Roaming Operations

RFCs

• RFC 2194 - Review of Roaming Implmentations (Info)
• RFC 2477 - Criteria for Evaluating Roaming Protocols (Info)
  
• RFC 2486 - The Network Access Identifier (PS)
• RFC 2607 - Proxy Chaining and Policy Implementation in Roaming (Info)
• RFC 3017 - XML DTD for Roaming Access Phone Book (PS)
  

RFCs

• RFC 2281 - Network Access Server Requirements Next Generation (NASREQNG) NAS Model (Info)
• RFC 2282 - Network Access Servers Requirements: Extended RADIUS Practices (Info)
• RFC 3169 - Criteria for Evaluating Network Access Server Protocols (Info)

Diameter- Second Generation AAA Protocol

RFCs

• RFC 3141 - CDMA2000 Wireless Data Requirements for AAA (Info)
  
• RFC 3127 - Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting: Protocol Evaluation (Info)
• RFC 2989 - Criteria for Evaluating AAA Protocols for Network Access (Info)
• RFC 2906 - Mobile IP Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting Requirements (Info)
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• RFC 2924 - Accounting Attributes and Record Formats (Info)
• RFC 2975 - Introduction to Accounting Management (Info)
  
• RFC 3539 - Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) Transport Profile (PS)
  
• RFC 3588 - Diameter Base Protocol (PS)
• RFC 3589 - Diameter Command Codes for Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 5 (Info)
  

Internet-Drafts

• Diameter NAS Application
• Diameter EAP Support
  
• Diameter Credit Control Application
  

RFCs

• RFC 2284 - PPP Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) (PS)
• RFC 3579 - RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial In User Service) Support For Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) (Info)
• RFC 2716 - PPP EAP TLS Authentication Protocol (Exper)

IEEE 802 LAN and Wireless Authentication

Standards

• 802.1X-2001 - Port-Based Network Access Control, IEEE Std
• 802.11f - Inter-Access Point protocol
  
• 802.11i - Enhanced Security
  

Other links

• The Unofficial 802.11 Security Web Page - http://www.drizzle.com/~aboba/IEEE/
  

Standards and Recommended Practices

• 3GPP2 "P.S0001-B", Wireless IP Network Standard, October 2002.
  http://www.3gpp2.com/Public_html/specs/P.S0001-B_v1.0.pdf
• RFC 3702 - Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting Requirements for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) (Info)
  

Other links

AAA IRTF Documents

RFCs:

• RFC 2903 - Generic AAA Architecture (Info)
  
• RFC 2904 - AAA Authorization Framework (Info)
  
• RFC 2905 - AAA Authorization Application Examples (Info)
  
• RFC 2906 - AAA Authorization Requirements (Info)
• RFC 3334 - Policy-Based Accounting

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Last edit: 4-Jun-2004

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