RADIUS attribute from rfc2865
NAS-Identifier
This Attribute contains a string identifying the NAS originating
the Access-Request. It is only used in Access-Request packets.
Either NAS-IP-Address or NAS-Identifier MUST be present in an
Access-Request packet.
Note that NAS-Identifier MUST NOT be used to select the shared
secret used to authenticate the request. The source IP address of
the Access-Request packet MUST be used to select the shared
secret.
A summary of the NAS-Identifier Attribute format is shown below. The
fields are transmitted from left to right.
0 1 2
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-
| Type | Length | String ...
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-
Type
32 for NAS-Identifier.
Length
>= 3String
The String field is one or more octets, and should be unique to
the NAS within the scope of the RADIUS server. For example, a
fully qualified domain name would be suitable as a NAS-Identifier.
The actual format of the information is site or application
specific, and a robust implementation SHOULD support the field as
undistinguished octets.
The codification of the range of allowed usage of this field is
outside the scope of this specification.