HP-UX AAA Server A.08.02 Administrator's Guide

DHCP (Dynamic
Host Configuration
Protocol)
Protocol that automatically and dynamically assigns IP addressees.
Dialed Number
Identification
Service
Each request is authenticated locally or forwarded to a remote server according to the number
called to access a network service.
DNIS Dialed Number Identification Service.
Dynamic
Authorization
A capability of the HP-UX AAA Server that enables RADIUS-server initiated requests to be sent to
the authenticator.
E - F - G
EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol.
EAP-AKA EAP Authentication and Key Agreement (AKA) authentication method. EAP-AKA is an authentication
and session key distribution mechanism used in the third generation mobile networks: UMTS and
CDMA 2000.
EAP-SIM EAP Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) authentication method. An authentication method capable
of operating in wireless networks.
Extensible
Authentication
Protocol
Described in RFC 2284, abbreviated as EAP.
Finite State
Machine
The Finite State Machine is the component of the AAA Server software that controls the flow of
access request authentication and accounting request handling, abbreviated as FSM.
Forwarding Server The AAA Server that receives an Access-Request from a client and forwards that request to another
AAA server for authentication.
FSM Finite State Machine.
GTC (Generic
Token Card)
Carries user specific token cards for authentication. The main feature in GTC is Digital
Certificate/Token Card-based Authentication.
H - I - J - K
Hard token Also called token devices. A physical authentication device such as a SmartCard that displays
the OTP.
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 Internet Engineering Task Force.
Integrated Services
Digital Network
A digital access line, abbreviated as ISDN.
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, abbreviated as IETF.
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, abbreviated as IRTF.
Internet Service
Provider
Communications service company that provides Internet access and services to its customers. ISPs
range in size from small independents serving a local calling area to large, established
telecommunications companies, abbreviated as ISP.
IP Internet Protocol.
448 Glossary of Terms