RFC 6613

"RADIUS over TCP", May 2012

Canonical URL:

http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6613.txt
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Status:

EXPERIMENTAL

Author:

A. DeKok

Stream:

IETF

Source:

radext (ops)

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Abstract

The Remote Authentication Dial-In User Server (RADIUS) protocol has, until now, required the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) as the underlying transport layer. This document defines RADIUS over the Transmission Control Protocol (RADIUS/TCP), in order to address handling issues related to RADIUS over Transport Layer Security (RADIUS/TLS). It permits TCP to be used as a transport protocol for RADIUS only when a transport layer such as TLS or IPsec provides confidentiality and security. This document defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 4844.