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Version: v6

AAA Policy

Integration with AAA service for securing access to Haltdos appliances

AAA is a standard-based framework used to control who is permitted to use network resources (through authentication), what they are authorized to do (through authorization), and capture the actions performed while accessing the network (through accounting).

  1. Authentication - The process by which it can be identified that the user, which wants to access the network resources.

  2. Authorization - It provides capabilities to enforce policies on network resources after the user has gained access to the network resources through authentication.

  3. Accounting - It provides means of monitoring and capturing the events done by the user while accessing the network resources.

Haltdos supports built-in integration AAA solutions such as RADIUS or TACACS+. These services ensure authentication, authorization, and accounting when accessing Haltdos appliances.

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Depending upon the organization's policy, if AAA is enabled, the same should also be configured for Haltdos appliances

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How to Use:​

  1. Go to Stack > Settings > AAA.

  2. Configure your settings

  3. Click Save

PARAMETERSACCEPTED VALUESDEFAULT
AAA EnabledBooleanFalse
ServiceDropdownRADIUS
Allow SSHBooleanFalse
Host NameStringBlank
SecretStringBlank

Description:​

AAA Enabled

This option allows the user to enable or disable the AAA feature. By default, it is set to disable.

Service

This option allows the user to select the type of implementation it can be either TACACS or RADIUS.

Terminal Access Controller Access Control System (TACACS+) is a Cisco proprietary protocol that is used for the communication of the Cisco client and Cisco ACS server. It uses TCP port number 49 which makes it reliable.

Remote Access Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) is an open standard protocol used for the communication between any vendor AAA client and ACS server. It uses port number 1812 for authentication and authorization and 1813 for accounting.

Host Name

This option allows the users to specify the hostname or IP address of AAA server.

Allow SSH

This option will only apprears when AAA type is selected to RADIUS. When this option is enabled it allow SSH if Radius Server is down

Secret

This option allows the user to mention the credential information to access AAA server.