Re: Recieving bad data for username.

Dale E. Reed Jr. ( (no email) )
Tue, 06 Jan 1998 12:57:26 -0800

Beverly wise wrote:
>
> I hope you all can help me with this. I have been encountering problems
> with users getting dropped connections using DUN. When I check the
> RadiusNT log, most of the errors are the same, here is an example.
>
> Tue Jan 06 10:31:57 1998: Authenticate: from Mad1 - Neither User Nor
> Default Name: gmwG·4.K8/Q0xl4!^Epjwl W\x
>
> I cannot see someone typing all of this in. Granted that I have seen
> trying to use userids that are not there, but most of the errors I am
> seeing are exactly like above.

Its just garbage. It could be line noise, PPP, etc. This is
typically for a baud rate mismatch, etc. Its not a big deal unless
you see if alot.

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