Cisco 3.3 - Overview

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User Guide for Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server
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Overview
This chapter provides an overview of Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server.
This chapter contains the following topics:
• The Cisco Secure ACS Paradigm, page 1-2
• Cisco Secure ACS Specifications, page 1-3
– System Performance Specifications, page 1-3
– Cisco Secure ACS Windows Services, page 1-4
• AAA Server Functions and Concepts, page 1-5
– Cisco Secure ACS and the AAA Client, page 1-6
– AAA Protocols—TACACS+ and RADIUS, page 1-6
– Authentication, page 1-8
– Authorization, page 1-17
– Accounting, page 1-22
– Administration, page 1-23
– Posture Validation, page 1-25
• Cisco Secure ACS HTML Interface, page 1-25
– About the Cisco Secure ACS HTML Interface, page 1-26
– HTML Interface Layout, page 1-27
– Uniform Resource Locator for the HTML Interface, page 1-29
– Network Environments and Administrative Sessions, page 1-30