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E-2 RADIUS Authentication and Accountin

RADIUS Accounting

The RADIUS accounting server can perform session accounting

for the NETServer. Session accounting information includes

date and time, user information, service type, login host, and

NETServer forwards an accounting record for each session to be

stored on the accounting server.

Note: The NETServer syslog facility also performs local session

accounting. For more information about syslog accounting,

refer to Appendix D, Event Messages.

Obtaining RADIUS

The NETServer software has built in client support for RADIUS

authentication and accounting. Since RADIUS is an open

standard, there are many RADIUS server implementations

available. The NETServer should be able to inter-operate with

most implementations of the protocol that conform to the

proposed standard.

Performing Authentication

You can perform user authentication using the NETServer's

local authentication facility, RADIUS authentication, or both.

The local authentication facility allows you to define a user table

that is stored in the NETServer flash memory. RADIUS

authentication is enabled by default.

You can enable or disable local and RADIUS authentication

using the CLI.