HP-UX AAA Server A.07.01 Administrator's Guide

navigation
tree
Refers to the navigation links on the left side of the Server Manager GUI.
Network
Access Server
A device that interfaces telephony circuits to the network, abbreviated as NAS.
Numbers and Symbols
Secure LAN
Advisor
The Secure LAN Advisor is an HTML tutorial/help system in the Server Manager GUI that walks
you through the tasks and Server Manager screens for securing WLANs with the HP-UX AAA
Server.
O - P - Q
OATH An industry-wide collaboration to develop an open-reference architecture for two-factor and OTP
authentication
OTP One-Time Password. This password is valid for one-time use only. Using an OTP reduces the
risk of an unauthorized intruder gaining access to the network.
PAP Password Authentication Protocol.
Password Authentication Protocol
A simple password protocol that transmits a user name and password across the network,
unencrypted, abbreviated as PAP.
PEAP
(Protected
EAP)
Functionally very similar to TTLS, but does not encapsulate legacy authentication methods. PEAP
features include: Dynamic Key Exchange; Mutual Authentication; and, Encrypted Tunnelling.
Point-to-Point Protocol
The standard protocol for dial-up networking. The family of standards covers many aspects
including authentication, encryption, compression, addressing, multi-protocols, etc., abbreviated
as PPP.
Policy Policy is a very broadly used term. To the AAA server, it means the conditionally applicable set
of attribute-value pairs that an AAA protocol, such as RADIUS, may support. HP-UX AAA
policies are simple or complex decisions that control the authentication, authorization, and
accounting process for a user's access request.
PPP Point-to-Point Protocol.
Protocol A set of rules established between two devices to allow communications to occur.
Proxy The mechanism that allows one system to mediate between two other systems in response to
protocol requests. A RADIUS server can act as a proxy client and forward an Access-Request to
another AAA server for authentication. As a proxy client, the server would mediate the requests
and replies between the client where the Access-Request originated from and the server that the
request was forwarded to.
R - S
RADIUS Remote Access Dial In User Service.
RADIUS
Client
A NAS or other device that sends requests to an AAA server.
RAS Remote Access Server.
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