Alcatel-Lucent 8950 AAA User Manual

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Glossary

GL-6

365-360-001R6.0

Issue 1, December 2008

POLICY

A set of rules that the server uses to determine access rights, user privileges, and accounting
practices based on the user who is requesting access

POLICYASSISTANT

8950 AAA tool used for creating PolicyFlow

POLICYFLOW

A set of AAA decisions used for processing a RADIUS request

POP

Post Office Protocol, used for retrieving email from a mail server

PPP

Point-to-Point Protocol, used for connecting to the Internet

PROCESS

A program from disk combined with the OS overhead necessary to support its execution

PROTOCOL

Format used for transmitting data between two devices

PROXY SERVICE

A service that enables access requests to be forwarded to other servers—either directly or through
intermediary servers—for authentication and, optionally, authorization

RADIUS

Acronym that stands for Remote Authentication Dial-In User Services See RADIUS SERVER

RADIUS DETAIL FILE

Text file used for storing session and billing data

RADIUS PROTOCOL

Special guidelines that define the information that must be passed in order to successfully access
the destination system or service

RADIUS SERVER

A server that enables companies to authenticate, authorize, and account for remote users who
request access to a network system or service

RADIUS USER FILE

A text file that conforms to a traditional format defined by the RADIUS protocol

READ COMMUNITY

Character string that allows access to a database in order to access read variables from the server

REALM

Part of the user-name used for grouping users who share the same domain. It is separated from the
individual username by commercial at (@) or forward slash (/).

REMOTE METHOD INVOCATION (RMI)

Set of protocols that provide communication among Java objects