Attempt to re-authenticate at the end of a session

[wlan at mac.com]

You can indeed change session parameters in a CoA too. That method is  
preferred over using acctupdate if you can do it (meaning, your  
chilli isn't behind a NAT or has port forwarding for RADIUS).

also, check out:
http://coova.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=642&p=2501#p2501

chilli without a tun/tap interface... what? :)

David

On Mar 26, 2008, at 5:49 PM, Gunther Mayer wrote:

> wlan at mac.com wrote:
>> Hi Gunther,
>>
>> Reauthenticating sessions isn't a feature... though, to change  
>> session parameters mid-session, you can use the 'acctupdate'  
>> feature to return this information (in a non-RFC kind of way) in  
>> the Accounting response.
> I'm aware of the acctupdate feature and was planning on using it in  
> the future in any case but as far as I can tell it doesn't cause  
> another execution of conup. Am I right? I guess what I need for  
> this purpose is an "acctupdateup" script that's executed whenever  
> parameters change mid-session. While I'm sure that wouldn't be  
> difficult to code up I think I don't need that just yet.
>
> By the way, what is the standard way of changing session parameters  
> half way through a current session? There was talk some time ago  
> about CoA but all information I've read so far is about unsolicited  
> disconnects...
>> If someone is transitioning from free to paid, wouldn't you want  
>> them to see a login page as a form of notification of the change?
> If a user has both freebies and paid credits I want the transition  
> to be seamless, i.e. no logoff, login page, re-login cycle. The  
> change can fairly easily be communicated in the status window.
>
> Gunther
>
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