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RADIUS and TACACS

RADIUS and TACACS

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RADIUS and TACACS

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- [Instructor] One of the most common access control needs is for an organization to have a centralized approach to network and application authentication, authorization and accounting. The RADIUS and TACACS protocols offer this service to enterprises. RADIUS is an acronym which stands for Remote Access Dial- In User Service. As the name implies, RADIUS was first used to authenticate the users of modem based dial in services back in the 1980s and 1990s. A centralized RADIUS server could support modem pools located around the country, providing a single point of administration for password and account management and consolidating accounting records in a centralized location. RADIUS is still used today, even though dial in modem pools are a thing of the past. Today, they're used to allow many diverse applications to rely upon the same authentication source. Here's how it might work in a wireless network, for…

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