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Configure SiteMinder to Always Return RADIUS Attributes

Some NAS devices always expect RADIUS responses in the Access-Accept, even if the NAS specifies authentication only. If the NAS specifies authentication only, by default, SiteMinder does not return RADIUS attributes.

To always return RADIUS attributes to a NAS device, create a new registry value with the following parameters:

• Value type--DWORD
• Value Name--HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Netegrity\
  SiteMinder\CurrentVersion\Authentication\
  AlwaysReturnRadiusAttrs
• Value Data--A numeric value greater than zero

Note: The install program does not create a registry entry for AlwaysReturnRadiusAttrs. Until you create and set the entry, SiteMinder uses the default value of 0.

After you set AlwaysReturnRadiusAttrs to a value greater than zero, the following message will appear in the Authentication Server's debug log:

Radius Attributes will be returned regardless of RA_SERVICE_TYPE_AUTHENTICATE_ONLY