shared secret mismatch

hi, If the shared-secret mismatches bwtween NAS and RADIUS server, then still the access-accept message is sent from RADIUS server to NAS. why is access-reject message not sent??? --DilipSimha - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html

Re: shared secret mismatch

There's more going on the exchange than a simple authentication. The data in the Access-Request packet may have correct data for authentication. The server will correctly authenticate the entity. However server signs the response packet with a different secret than the client making the