An enterprise is upgrading its remote access infrastructure for network administrators who connect via remote VPN sessions to manage core routers and firewalls. The security policy mandates a central AAA authentication service that encrypts the entire packet payload during communication between the VPN gateway and the authentication server, while also supporting granular, command-level authorization. Which protocol should the network engineer configure on the VPN gateway to meet these security requirements?
- TACACS+Cevap
- BRADIUS
- CL2TP
- DKerberos
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TACACS+ is the correct protocol because it encrypts the entire packet payload and decouples authentication from authorization to allow per-command authorization for network management.
TACACS+ (Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System Plus) is designed specifically for administrative access control over network infrastructure. It runs over TCP (port 49), encrypts the entire payload of every packet exchanged between the NAS (VPN gateway) and the AAA server, and cleanly separates authentication, authorization, and accounting. This architecture allows administrators to enforce per-command authorization policies for remote access users.
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