Network Security Principles and Practices

Chapter 16. AAA

This chapter covers the following key topics:

• Definitions of the Components of AAA— This section defines what AAA means.

• Authentication— We will talk about the authentication portion of AAA.

• Authorization— We will discuss how authorization is setup in AAA.

• Accounting— We will discuss the role accounting plays in AAA and how to set it up.

• Case Studies— We will look at a few case studies to better understand the use of AAA.

Authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) is an integral component of the security features implemented on most Cisco devices. In many cases it interacts with other features to enhance the security and scalability of secure setups. This chapter looks at the three components of AAA and discusses how ...