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RFC 2138: Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS)

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 2865.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 2865 — Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS)

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

This document describes a protocol for carrying authentication, authorization, and configuration information between a Network Access Server which desires to authenticate its links and a shared Authentication Server. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC2138
Published
April 1997
Authors
C. Rigney; A. Rubens; W. Simpson; S. Willens
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
ops
Pages
65
Also known as
—
Obsoletes:
RFC 2058
Obsoleted by:
RFC 2865

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 2058 (1997)
  2. RFC 2138 (1997)
  3. RFC 2865 (2000) ✓

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