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doc/radiusvlan: cosmetic improvements 

- fix spelling
- get rid of first-person writting
- do not say is to be used only at GSI
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@c Top node is not included in tex
@unnumbered Introduction
This document describes a new feature of the White Rabbit Switch,
to be used in GSI, which is a subset of IEEE 802.1X.
This document describes a new feature of the White Rabbit Switch, added
for application at GSI, which is a subset of IEEE 802.1X.
When a devices is detected on a port which is
configured as ``access'', a Radius server is queried for authorization.
......@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ to @i{buildroot} in a new @i{freeradius-utils} package. The package
installs @i{radtest}, @i{radclient} and a minimal dictionary (the full
dictionary is more than 1MB worth of data).
I chose to install an older version of radclient because the current
It was chosen to install an older version of radclient because the current
version requires a special allocator (libtalloc), that had to be added
to buildroot too.
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This state is the default state for enumerated ports, and it
is entered whenever @i{netlink} reports that the
interface went down. This state turns the port to @i{vlan_auth}
and forgets the peer's mac address it.
and forgets the peer's mac address.
It also closes any open file descriptor and
kills the child process, if it exists. Thus, no remaining
garbage remains in the system even if the fiber is unplugged
......@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ on @i{select()}).
The port was just reported as ``up'' and we must start
authentication. The first step is identifying the MAC address
of the peer. Thus, the tool starts sniffing the port, but opening
of the peer. Thus, the tool starts sniffing the port, by opening
a raw socket listening to this port.
@item RVLAN_SNIFF
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The only weak point is in understanding @i{radclient}'s replies.
A sane tool would @i{exit(1)} or @i{exit(2)} to mean different things,
but @i{radclient} always does @i{exit(1)}, so we ar forced to rely
on the output strings, which might change from one version to he next.
but @i{radclient} always does @i{exit(1)}, so we are forced to rely
on the output strings, which might change from one version to the next.
@c ##########################################################################
@node Diagnostic Tools
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@section Checking the Current Status
You can always see the current configuration by running @t{rvlan-status}.
This example is taken in a running switch,where port @i{wri1} is in
This example is taken on a running switch, where port @i{wri1} is in
trunk mode (and thus not monitored), and only port @i{wri17} is connected to
a slave, which was authorized:
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