Data Model for Network Access

[David Spence <DSpence@Interlinknetworks.com>]

The Internet Draft, "Data Model for Network Access" 
(draft-spence-aaa-nas-data-model-00.txt) attempts to organize the 
familiar RADIUS attributes used for dialin network access according to a 
network access model.  First, a graphical model was created, and then an 
explicit, structured set of data objects was derived, expressed as a 
Policy Information Base (PIB) according to the rules of SPPI.

This work is primarily of interest in the AAA WG, but I thought that the RAP 
WG might be interested in seeing this application of the SPPI work.  On 
behalf of the authors, we would very much appreciate feedback from those 
most familiar with the modeling techniques and the SPPI.

Unfortunately, the graphical model could not be included in the draft 
itself due to the limitations of text-only formatting.  A PDF file 
containing both the draft and the graphic can be obtained from the 
following web page:

     http://www.interlinknetworks.com/otherdocs/nasmodel.html

For those of you who already have the draft, the graphic in GIF format 
can also be viewed there.

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