# The RADIUS protocol is client/server based.

# The RADIUS server will listen on UDP port 1812 and 1813.
# Port 1812 is used for authentication. This will involve Access-Request, Access
-Accept, Access-Reject, and Access-Challenge packets
# Port 1813 is used for accounting. This will involve Accounting-Request and Acc
ounting-Response packets.
# A client and the server require a shared secret in order to encrypt and decryp
t certain fields in the RADIUS packet.
Packet format:
Accounting involves RADIUS code 4 (Accounting-Request) and code 5 (Accounting-Re
sponse)
packets. Accounting packets like authentication packets use the same RADIUS prot
ocol.
One unique feature of accounting packets is that the User-Password attribute is
not sent
in the request.
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