Re: [dhcwg] [radext] draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-radius-opt-10

Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com> Fri, 05 April 2013 14:27 UTC

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From: Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com>
To: Tomek Mrugalski <tomasz.mrugalski@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [dhcwg] [radext] draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-radius-opt-10
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On Apr 5, 2013, at 10:16 AM, Tomek Mrugalski <tomasz.mrugalski@gmail.com> wrote:
> "Server MAY ignore received RADIUS attributes that it does not support."
> seems like a reasonable text here. Some implementors will ignore unknown
> attribute, some may produce a warning and some my try to handle it in a
> generic way.

Generally speaking, this sort of language is a recipe for attack.   I think the draft should just say that the administrator should be able to update the list of acceptable options.