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5.11 Filter-Id

5.11. Filter-Id

Description

  This Attribute indicates the name of the filter list for this
user. Zero or more Filter-Id attributes MAY be sent in an
Access-Accept packet.

Identifying a filter list by name allows the filter to be used on
different NASes without regard to filter-list implementation
details.

A summary of the Filter-Id Attribute format is shown below. The fields are transmitted from left to right.

0                   1                   2
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1

+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- | Type | Length | Text ... +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-

Type

  11 for Filter-Id.

Length

  >= 3

Text

  The Text field is one or more octets, and its contents are
implementation dependent. It is intended to be human readable and
MUST NOT affect operation of the protocol. It is recommended that
the message contain UTF-8 encoded 10646 [7] characters.