RE: [Emerald] webTV with an Acsend MAX 4000

Dale E. Reed Jr. ( (no email) )
Thu, 13 Jul 2000 14:49:03 -0700

> We have a user that is trying to connect to our service with webTV. Our
> Dial-IN router is an Acsend MAX 4000. She can not connect, In the RadiusNT
> logs we see this:
>
> =====
> radrecv: Request from host d8409a02 code=1, id=73, length=78
>
> User-Name = "Peschiff"
> Password = "8N \015\330\256\227"
> Authenticate: from sellstoua-rtr2.toua.net - Invalid Password Length
> Request from sellstoua-rtr2.toua.net - Malformed Packet
> Resp Time: 0 Auth: 5635/274 -> 5909 Acct: 0/0/0 -> 0
> =======
>
> Can anyone tell me what is going on? I know her password is over
> the minimum
> length.

For RadiusNT 2.5, set the registry setting "Allow Malformed" to 3
and restart RadiusNT. The RADIUS RFC states passwords have to be
a multiple of 16 (and padded if not). You'd be amazed how many
companies can't follow an RFC. :(

Dale E. Reed Jr. Emerald and RadiusNT
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