authentication server
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... roaming capability, one of the
requirements is to be able to identify the user's home authentication
server. For use in roaming, this function is accomplished via the
Network Access Identifier ...
... For roaming purposes, it is typically necessary to locate the
appropriate backend authentication server for the given NAI before
the authentication ...
... use of an FQDN as the realm name does not require use
of the DNS for location of the authentication server. While Diameter
[RFC3588 ...
... [RFC3588] supports the use of DNS for location of authentication
servers, existing RADIUS implementations typically use proxy
...
... proxy
configuration files in order to locate authentication servers within
a domain and perform authentication ...
... RFC2194] did not use DNS for location of the
authentication server within a domain. Similarly, existing
implementations have not found a need for dynamic routing protocols ...