No I don't. I am using the concatination of fields so it is random, I
am just thiking ahead to the future :)
wondering if anyone could see a problem with it or not. Would there be
any benifit? free up some space in the db for example etc etc.
I don't have a particular problem I am trying to overcome.
Graeme
On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 10:41:29 -0500
"Anson Rinesmith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Are you just using AcctSessionId? If so, I would suggest using
> AcctUniqueId, as this provides you a much more unique and random ID.
> I've had problems with multiple RAS devices conflicting against
> session id's, or a NAS reusing an ID after a reboot, in the past.
> AcctUniqueId helps avoid this problem.
>
> In radiusd.conf
> # Create a unique accounting session Id, as many NASes re-use
> # or repeat values for Acct-Session-Id, causing no end of confusion.
> #
> # This module will add a (probably) unique session id
> # to an accounting packet based on the attributes listed
> # below found in the packet. see doc/rlm_acct_unique
> #
> acct_unique {
> key = "User-Name, Acct-Session-Id, NAS-IP-Address,
> Client-IP-Address, NAS-Port-Id"
> }
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:freeradius- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> > Graeme Hinchliffe Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 9:34 AM
> > To: freeradius-users
> > Subject: Accounting unique id
> >
> > Hiya
> > I know it is unlikley but to increase the uniqueness of
> > accounting
> > id's
> > withing radacct databases what do people think of the following
> > simple idea:
> >
> > When a stop packet is recieved for a session, the unique id is
> > set
> > to
> > null. This would free up that id for future use, but would it cause
> > any issues?
> >
> > I know it's unlikley to happen, but just incase?
> >
> > thoughts?
> >
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