FaxBack Port Server RADIUS Support (RFC 2865, 2866) - Manual (Page 43)

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An Accounting Start packet (Acct-Status-Type=Start) is sent after a client has been approved to
send a fax. This means that the client has sent a “send request” to the connection server, and
the connection server has successfully contacted a port session server that accepted the new
session. The client is provided with the Url of the port session server, and the client is expected
contact this server to perform the fax session.
An Accounting Alive/Interim packet (Acct-Status-Type=Alive-Interim-Update) is sent after the
sending client successfully contacts the port session server for the first time. Typically first
contact between the client and port session server occurs before the fax session (T.30) has
begun.
An Accounting Stop packet (Acct-Status-Type=Stop) is sent after the end of the session.
Receive Fax Stages
An Accounting Start packet (Acct-Status-Type=Start) is sent after an inbound call has been
successfully routed to a client. This means that a port session server has detected an inbound
call, sent the DID in an “answer request” to a connection server, and the connection server has
determined which client should receive the fax. The User Name in the Start packet (and all
subsequent Accounting packets for this session) represents the account that should be billed,
however, the client that physically receives the fax may be a client logged in as that account, or a
“failover receive account” that the primary account has specified as an alternate. The client is
provided with the Url of the port session server, and it is expected to contact this server to
perform the fax session.
An Accounting Alive/Interim packet (Acct-Status-Type=Alive-Interim-Update) is sent after the
receiving client successfully contacts the port session server for the first time. Typically first
contact between the client and port session server occurs before the fax session (T.30) has
begun.
An Accounting Stop packet (Acct-Status-Type=Stop) is sent after the end of the session.
Example Accounting Packets
All possible attributes are listed in these examples, even if the string values are empty. By
default, the port server will construct packets that include attributes even if the string value is
empty.
Start
─── SENT FROM PORT SERVER ──►
Code=Accounting-Request(4)
Packet identifier=2
Length=113
Authenticator
1D 9E 3F A4 3A 45 6E 44 BF 91 D8 27 7A 30 EB 20
Attributes:
Len=6, Type=Acct-Status-Type(40)
Value=Start(1)
Len=9, Type=User-Name(1)
Value=account
Len=20, Type=Vendor-Specific(26), Id=FaxBack(30694)
Len=14, Type=FB-Dial-Number(34)
Value=555-123-2134
Len=12, Type=Vendor-Specific(26), Id=FaxBack(30694)