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Title : DIAMETER Framework Document
Author(s) : P. Calhoun, G. Zorn, P. Pan, H. Akhtar
Filename : draft-calhoun-diameter-framework-05.txt
Pages : 32
Date : 03-Dec-99
Current Internet Service Providers (ISPs) scale their networks by
using the RADIUS protocol, which provides user Authentication,
Authorization and Accounting (AAA) of Dial-up PPP clients. The recent
work done in the Roaming Operations (ROAMOPS) Working Group was to
investigate whether RADIUS could be used in a roaming network, and
concluded that RADIUS was ill-suited for inter-domain purposes.
The IETF has formed a new NAS Requirements Working Group, and part of
their charter is to document the next generation NAS' AAA
requirements. Recently, the Mobile-IP Working Group also documented
their own AAA requirements that would help Mobile IP scale for
Inter-Domain mobility.
The DIAMETER protocol is a follow-on to the RADIUS protocol. DIAMETER
addresses the known RADIUS deficiencies, and is intended for use with
the NASREQ and Mobile IP application space.
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