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Re: Advice/resources for setting up TACACS server

  • From: Steven King
  • Date: Fri Nov 07 17:39:39 2008 
I disagree with the RADIUS suggestion. TACACS+ is a much more secure
protocol. It encrypts the packet contents and has a more secure
handshake procedure.

Leslie wrote:
> The best answer actually does seem to be to use freeradius instead of
> tacacs, so I will probably go with that (though if anyone has any good
> tips on freeradius, please, let me know)
>
> Leslie
>
> On Nov 7, 2008, at 1:30 PM, Leslie wrote:
>
>> Hi --
>>
>> We are currently trying to set up a TACACS server for authentication
>> to our network gear and have it run on suse linux hosts.  Does anyone
>> have any advice/good webpages or guides regarding this?
>>
>> Thank you very much in advance!
>>
>> Leslie
>
>

-- 
Steve King

Network Engineer - Liquid Web, Inc.
Cisco Certified Network Associate
CompTIA Linux+ Certified Professional
CompTIA A+ Certified Professional