Chapter 4. AAA for Traffic Management

The authentication feature for Web Applications in NetScaler goes by the name of AAA for Traffic Management (AAA for TM). Authentication is a critical area on NetScaler, as more and more enterprises continue to make their services available over the Internet. In this chapter we will cover the following topics, including troubleshooting:

  • Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
  • Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS)
  • Certificate authentication
  • NTLM and Form Based Authentication (FBA)
  • Kerberos, which is fast and quite mature in the enterprise
  • SAML

Authentication is one of those areas where knowing the flow that one should expect to see in a trace goes a long way in helping with troubleshooting. The ...

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