<div dir="ltr">Thanks Jouni.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Jouni Malinen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:j@w1.fi" target="_blank">j@w1.fi</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 09:30:44AM +0530, Sarah Thomas wrote:<br>
> When we are encapsulating into Radius packet and sending to radius server,<br>
> there is a check to see whether its a response to the previous<br>
> radius_access_challenge received from radius server. If that is the case,<br>
> then "state" attribute is being stored.<br>
><br>
> Why is "state" so important and what is the idea behind it?<br>
<br>
</div></div>It provides an option for RADIUS server to manage state for an<br>
authentication session. See RFC 2865, 5.24.<br>
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Jouni Malinen PGP id EFC895FA<br>
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