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Glossary
GL-6
365-360-001R6.0
Issue 1, December 2008
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POLICY
A set of rules that the server uses to determine access rights, user privileges, and accounting
practices based on the user who is requesting access
POLICYASSISTANT
8950 AAA tool used for creating PolicyFlow
POLICYFLOW
A set of AAA decisions used for processing a RADIUS request
POP
Post Office Protocol, used for retrieving email from a mail server
PPP
Point-to-Point Protocol, used for connecting to the Internet
PROCESS
A program from disk combined with the OS overhead necessary to support its execution
PROTOCOL
Format used for transmitting data between two devices
PROXY SERVICE
A service that enables access requests to be forwarded to other servers—either directly or through
intermediary servers—for authentication and, optionally, authorization
R
RADIUS
Acronym that stands for Remote Authentication Dial-In User Services See RADIUS SERVER
RADIUS DETAIL FILE
Text file used for storing session and billing data
RADIUS PROTOCOL
Special guidelines that define the information that must be passed in order to successfully access
the destination system or service
RADIUS SERVER
A server that enables companies to authenticate, authorize, and account for remote users who
request access to a network system or service
RADIUS USER FILE
A text file that conforms to a traditional format defined by the RADIUS protocol
READ COMMUNITY
Character string that allows access to a database in order to access read variables from the server
REALM
Part of the user-name used for grouping users who share the same domain. It is separated from the
individual username by commercial at (@) or forward slash (/).
REMOTE METHOD INVOCATION (RMI)
Set of protocols that provide communication among Java objects