Re: call for discussion on draft-heinanen-radius-pe-discovery-03.txt

> as it is currently written, the pe is not required to authenticate all
> its sites, but just to send any message to the radius server at least
> every N minutes.  i proposed to use an accounting message for that
> purpose, but it could as well be re-authentication message.

Or re-authorization (no authentication required) as in pre-paid.

> the text mentions that pes should use exponential backoff. i guess that
> it is standard practice in any protocol.

Yes, but unfortunately not in RADIUS. We'll be producing a separate
document to provide details on how that is done.

> yes, perhaps so.  however, i would not like to make mandatory anything
> that is beyond current standards.  optional recommendations based on
> drafts are ok.

draft-chiba is going to RFC soon. Support can be optional.