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RFC 2865: Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS)

Still current, but amended. Parts of this document are changed or extended by RFC 2868, RFC 3575, RFC 5080, RFC 6929, RFC 8044, RFC 9765. Read both.

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
RFC2865
Published
June 2000
Authors
C. Rigney; S. Willens; A. Rubens; W. Simpson
Status
DRAFT STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
ops
Pages
76
Also known as
—
Obsoletes:
RFC 2138
Updated by:
RFC 2868, RFC 3575, RFC 5080, RFC 6929, RFC 8044, RFC 9765

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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)

Read the full history of Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) →

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6 later RFCs formally update or obsolete part of this document.

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