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Introduction to AAA Server
HP-UX AAA Server Features
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HP-UX AAA Server Features
General Features
• Compliant with RADIUS protocol RFC 2865 and 2866 standards
• Supports multiple vendor NASs with a single server (multi-vendor dictionary that
includes Nortel®, Cisco®, Lucent®, and others)
• Configurable dictionary that allows the definition of new vendors and vendor-specific
attributes and values
• Dictionary includes attributes from RFCs 2865, 2866, 2867, 2868, and 2869
• Vendor-specific attribute translation
• Configurable attribute-value pruning behavior (based on dictionary and clients file
definitions)
• Various configurable (through aaa.config) internal queue and buffer sizes
• Persistent user session table and automatic recovery of session information after a server
reload occurs
• Engine support of loadable plug-in modules
Authentication Features
• Distributed authentication (proxy) by realms (RADIUS type authentication)
• Support for PAP authentication protocol by all supported authentication types
• Support for CHAP (clear text password required in the user profile)
• Support for MS-CHAP
• Support for EAP authentication for wireless LAN access points and switches (including
EAP-MD5, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, EAP-PEAP, EAP-GTC, and EAP-LEAP)
• Authentication of users with profiles defined in a flat text file that the server loads into
memory (clear text or UNIX-style encrypted passwords)
• Authentication of users defined in a /etc/passwd file
• Authentication using multiple sets of user definition and realm definition files (users and
authfile files) keyed by network access server (NAS)