Components of AAA
The three services of AAA are authentication, authorization, and accounting. Each of the AAA services is designed to provide specific and unique security services.
Authentication
Authentication is the process through which a user proves his or her identity to you. When you go to the bank to cash a check, what is the first question a teller usually asks? How about, “May I see your identification, please?” Your driver's license usually suffices as proof that you are who you say you are. Because users cannot provide you with driver's licenses when they attempt to access resources, you use other mechanisms to verify a user's identity.
Authentication is a user proving his or her identity. |
Authorization
Authorization is the process ...
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