AAA server (authentication, authorization, and accounting)
An AAA server is a server program that
handles user requests for access to computer
resources and, for an enterprise, provides authentication,
authorization,
and accounting (AAA) services. The AAA server typically interacts with network access and gateway
servers and with databases and directories containing user information. The current standard by
which devices or applications communicate with an AAA server is the Remote Authentication Dial-In
User Service (RADIUS).
Also see authentication, authorization, and accounting.
This was last updated in June 2007
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