User`s guide

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APP Server utility
This appendix includes these topics:
About the APP Server utility
The Ascend Password Protocol (APP) Server utility lets you respond to token
password challenges received from an external network authentication server
(NAS). These external authentication servers typically change passwords many
times a day, and sync up with hand-held personal security cards to provide users
with the current password in real-time. The LCD on the users’ security cards
displays the current password required to gain access at that moment to the
secure network.
Whenever you require a connection to a secure network, the Pipeline initiates the
call and negotiates an initial session. The NAS returns a password challenge,
which the Pipeline passes to the APP Server. Once you answer the challenge
correctly, you are connected to the secure server.
To make this happen, obtain a copy of the APP Server utility from the Ascend
FTP site and install it on your computer. The steps to do this are listed in “APP
Server installation and setup” on page C-2. After the installation, each time your
computer boots, the APP Server starts and runs in the background.
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