RADIUS Attribute - Acct-Status-Type

As per RFC 2866

This attribute indicates whether this Accounting-Request marks the beginning of the user service (Start) or the end (Stop). It MAY be used by the client to mark the start of accounting (for example, upon booting) by specifying Accounting-On and to mark the end of accounting (for example, just before a scheduled reboot) by specifying Accounting-Off.

A summary of the Acct-Status-Type attribute format is shown below. The fields are transmitted from left to right.

Open

Type = 40 for Acct-Status-Type.

Length = 6

Value: The Value field is four octets.