Protocol Choices Between the ACS Server and the Client (the Router)

Traditionally, and in common practice, if you are authenticating and authorizing administrators for command-line access, it is likely that you will configure TACACS+ on both the ACS server and the router for their communication with each other. A large reason for this is because TACACS+ has clearly defined and separate techniques and configurations for each aspect of AAA. For example, if you want to tell the router to check authorization for each individual command before allowing an administrator to put that command in, and only give the administrator a subset or portion of commands, TACACS+ and its authorization component allows extremely granular control in communicating which ...

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