April 2004
Intermediate to advanced
864 pages
20h 58m
English
TACACS+ is an improved version of TACACS. TACACS+ forwards username and password information to a centralized security server. Figure 3-11 shows a typical TACACS+ topology.
TACACS+ has the following features:
TCP packets for reliable data transport— TACACS+ uses TCP as the communication protocol between the remote client and security server.
- Supports the AAA architecture
Link is encrypted— The data payload of IP packets (TCP packets) is encrypted for security and is stored in encrypted form in the remote security database.
- Supports PAP, CHAP, and MS-CHAP authentication ...
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