Alcatel-Lucent 8950 AAA User Manual

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Glossary

GL-2

365-360-001R6.0

Issue 1, December 2008

AUTHENTICATION KEY

A signature that identifies itself to the NAS to insure an additional layer of security

AUTHENTICATION REQUEST

This data packet identifies the NAS, the port used for connection, the user name, and the password.
The password is encrypted to insure extra security.

AUTHENTICATION SOURCE

This term refers to two items that relate to password verification. It is the place where a user’s
password is stored, such as a user profile. It is also an external service that authenticates a user, such
as a secure token server.

AUTHORIZATION

Process of validating that the user is allowed to do what was requested

BASE-NAME

A name assigned by a system administrator to a specific user account (See NAI and REALM)

CHAP

Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol

CGI

Common Gateway Interface—a means of transferring data between a Web server and a CGI
application in order to interact with users

CHECK-ITEMS

Information that the server uses to determine how to respond to a RADIUS request (See
VERIFICATION ATTRIBUTES)

CIDR

Classless Internet Domain Routing—A means to define a group of IP addresses using one IP
address followed by a forward slash (/) and a number, such as 192.168.5.0/24

CLIENT

Application or machine that requests resources for its use from the server

COMMUNITY STRING

Character string that allows access to a database

CONFIGURATION SERVER

System that is used by the Server Managment Tool to collect server configuration information and
statistical information regarding the 8950 AAA Server and the Universal State Server

CPU

Central Processing Unit