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Parameters included in START messages sent by cOS Core are:
• Type - Marks this AccountingRequest as signaling the beginning of the service (START).
• ID - A unique random 7 character string identifier to enable matching of an
AccountingRequest with Acct-Status-Type set to STOP.
• User Name - The user name of the authenticated user.
• NAS IP Address - The IP address of the Clavister Security Gateway.
• NAS Port - The port of the NAS on which the user was authenticated (this is a physical
interface and not a TCP or UDP port).
• User IP Address - The IP address of the authenticated user. This is sent only if specified on
the authentication server.
• How Authenticated - How the user was authenticated. This is set to either RADIUS if the user
was authenticated via RADIUS, or LOCAL if the user was authenticated via a local user
database.
• Delay Time - The time delay (in seconds) since the AccountingRequest packet was sent and
the authentication acknowledgement was received. This can be subtracted from the time of
arrival on the server to find the approximate time of the event generating this
AccountingRequest. Note that this does not reflect network delays. The first attempt will have
this parameter set to 0.
• Timestamp - The number of seconds since 1st January, 1970. Used to set a timestamp when
this packet was sent from cOS Core.
STOP Message Parameters
Parameters included in STOP messages sent by cOS Core are:
• Type - Marks this accounting request as signaling the end of a session (STOP).
• ID - An identifier matching a previously sent AccountingRequest packet, with
Acct-Status-Type set to START.
• User Name - The user name of the authenticated user.
• NAS IP Address - The IP address of the Clavister Security Gateway.
• NAS Port - The port on the NAS on which the user was authenticated. (This is a physical
interface and not a TCP or UDP port).
• User IP Address - The IP address of the authenticated user. This is sent only if specified on
the authentication server.
• Input Bytes - The number of bytes received by the user. (*)
• Output Bytes - The number of bytes sent by the user. (*)
• Input Packets - The number of packets received by the user. (*)
• Output Packets - The number of packets sent by the user. (*)
• Session Time - The number of seconds this session lasted. (*)
• Termination Cause - The reason why the session was terminated.
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