An Introduction to Authorization
Authorization is the process through which users or devices are given controlled access to network resources. Authorization lets a network administrator control who can do what on the network. It can also be used to do such things as assign specific IP addresses to users connecting through a PPP service, to force users to use a certain type of service to connect, or to configure advanced features such as callback.
When AAA authorization is enabled, the network access server uses information retrieved from the user's profile, which is located either in the local user database or on the security server, to configure the user's session. After this is done, the user is granted access to a requested service only if ...
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