
On 14/04/15 06:42, Glyph wrote:
On Apr 14, 2015, at 00:22, Hamza Sheikh <fehrist@codeghar.com <mailto:fehrist@codeghar.com>> wrote:
I am new to Twisted and its community
Welcome, we are happy to have you!
and exploring adding Diameter support.
What is Diameter?
<offtopic> It's a bit like RADIUS-over-TCP but with knobs on. The only place it really took off - though it's a big place - is 3G/mobile network AAA. RADIUS has such a large installed user-base that DIAMETER had trouble reaching a critical mass anywhere that backwards compatibility was needed. Kind of a shame, since it means AAA signalling for most encrypted wireless networks takes place over a crufty old protocol with a bunch of problems, not least lack of reliable transport, which got solved by... running radius-over-TLS-over-TCP, thus proving: https://xkcd.com/927/ </offtopic> ;o)