Glossary of Terms
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The AAA server that receives an Access-Request from a
client and forwards that request to another AAA server
for authentication.
FSM
See Finite State Machine.
Hint
When a user requests access to a service of a specific
configuration, a client may provide this information in
an Access-Request as a hint to the AAA server. The
server may reject the request based on the hints or
supply the service as specified by the hints, by the
server’s configuration, or by a combination of the hints
and the server’s configuration.
IETF
See Internet Engineering Task Force.
Integrated Services Digital Network
A digital internet access line using copper phone lines.
Interlink
Used to connect multiple AAA servers in a fabric with
SLAs and to establish policies among them.
Internet Engineering Task Force
Internet standards setting organization.
Internet Protocol
A Layer 3 (network layer) protocol that contains
addressing information and some control information
that allows packets to be routed, abbreviated as IP.
Internet Research Task Force
A group associated with IETF focusing on research
rather than standards.
Internet Service Provider
