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APPENDIX
B
Configuring an External Server for Authorization
and Authentication
This appendix describes how to configure an external LDAP, RADIUS, or TACACS+ server to support
AAA on the adaptive security appliance. Before you configure the adaptive security appliance to use an
external server, you must configure the server with the correct adaptive security appliance authorization
attributes and, from a subset of these attributes, assign specific permissions to individual users.
This appendix includes the following sections:
• Understanding Policy Enforcement of Permissions and Attributes, page B-2
• Configuring an External LDAP Server, page B-3
• Configuring an External RADIUS Server, page B-30
• Configuring an External TACACS+ Server, page B-39