Cisco® Secure Internet Security Solutions

AAA Accounting Setup

Sometimes a corporation wishes to keep track of which resources individuals or groups use. Examples of this include when the IS department charges other departments for access, or one company provides internal support to another company. For whatever reason you choose, AAA accounting gives the ability to track usage, such as dial-in access; the ability to log the data gathered to a database; and the ability to produce reports on the data gathered.

Although accounting is generally considered a network management or financial management issue, it is looked at briefly here because it is so closely linked with security. One security issue that accounting can address is creating a list of users and the time of day they choose ...