Thursday, May 16, 2013

Chapter 11: TCP/IP Security Pg 382

TACAS+ 

  • Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus 
    • a proprietary protocol developed by Cisco to support AAA in a network with many routers and switches
  • uses TCP port 49 by default 
  • separates authorization, authentication, and accountin into different parts 
  • uses PAP, CHAP, md5 hashes, and Kerberos to authenticate 
Kerberos 
  • an authentication protocol that has no connection to PPP 
  • use for TCP/IP networks with many clients all connected to a single authenticating server 
  • Key Distribution Center (KDC) 
    • Authentication Server (AS)
    • Ticket Granting Service (TGS)
    • installed on the domain controller
  • the client sends a request that includes a hash of the user name and password to the AS 
    • the AS compares the results 

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