Allied Telesis AlliedWare Plus Operating System Version 5.4.4C (x310-26FT,x310-26FP,x310-50FT,x310-50FP) - Manual (Page 2192)

Appendix B: Glossary
Software Reference for x310 Series Switches
B.2 AlliedWare Plus TM Operating System - Version 5.4.4C C613-50046-01 REV A
Numerics
10BaseT
10 Mbps/baseband/twisted pair. The IEEE standard for twisted pair Ethernet.
802.1X
IEEE 802.1x is an IEEE Standard for port-based Network Access Control ( NAC ). It is part of
the IEEE 802.1 group of networking protocols. It provides an authentication mechanism to
devices wishing to attach to a LAN, either establishing a point-to-point connection or
preventing it if authentication fails. It is used for securing wireless 802.11 access points
and is based on the Extensible Authentication Protocol (
EAP ). Authentication is required
on a per-port basis. The main components of an 802.1X implementation are:
■ The authenticator - the port on this device that wishes to enforce authentication
before allowing access to services that are accessible behind it.
■ The supplicant - the port that wishes to access services offered by the authenticator’s
system. The supplicant may be a port on a PC or other device connected to this
device.
■ The authentication server - a device that uses the authentication credentials supplied
by the supplicant, via the authenticator, to determine if the authenticator should
grant access to its services.
See AAA and Tri-authentication .
For a configuration example see “Configuring 802.1X” on page 40.7 . For a sample
configuration script see “Sample 802.1X Authentication Configuration” on page 44.7 .
A
AAA
AAA is the collective title for the three related functions of Authentication, Authorization
and Accounting. These function can be applied in a variety of methods with a variety of
servers.
Authentication is performed in the following contexts:
■ Login authentication of user shell sessions on the console port, and via telnet/SSH.
■ 802.1X authentication of devices connecting to switch ports.
■ MAC authentication of devices connecting to switch ports.
■ Web-authentication of devices connecting to switch ports.
Accounting is performed in the following contexts:
■ Accounting of console login sessions.
■ Accounting of 802.1x authenticated connections.
■ Accounting of MAC authenticated connections.
■ Accounting of Web authenticated connections.