Re: Session Timeout
Michael Miller ( michael@abraxis.com )
Wed, 07 May 1997 13:34:41 -0400
Dale E. Reed Jr. wrote:
>
> Michael Miller wrote:
> >
> > Sounds to me like a problem with limitations of data type 'integer'. In
> > programming an integer is 16 bits long ( 2 bytes ). In theroy a data
> > range of 0 - 65535, however the most significant bit of the integer is
> > used for determining positive or negative status of the number, thus
> > resulting in a range of -32767 through 32768. What happens is when a
> > value of 32769 or greater is assigned, the most significant bit is set
> > to "1", however doing so to a data type of integer actually makes the
> > number negative instead of positive!!! The only way around this is if
> > there is a way of using a data type of longint to achieve a greater
> > range, which requires some code change in Radius (definatelly nothing
> > within our control). Unless in one of the next releases of Radius a
> > different data type is used, we are simply limited to a bit over 9
> > hours. Even if the data type is changed in Radius, I have no clue if
> > the MAX will even accept such a data type for the value anyways.
>
> RADIUS users a 32-bit integer. The intger size does NOT vary between
> attributes (there are only four attribute types in RADIUS).
>
> --
> Dale E. Reed Jr. (daler@iea.com)
>
My apologies then... if Radius uses a 32 bit integer it can not be a
Radius problem at all. Someone else suggested Ascend denies any type of
problem from the MAX end, which leaves me wondering as well espically
since the symptoms are charateristic of a 16 bit integer.
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