TACACS+ Client API
(Current Version 1.18)
Download an evaluation copy of the client.
Read the API documentation and programming
guide.
Read the License
Background
TACACS+ is a Cisco® protocol for authentication, authorization, and
accounting. TACACS (Terminal Access Controller Access Control System)
has enjoyed three versions, TACACS, XTACACS, and the lastest version
TACACS+.
TACACS+ can be used in three separate modes - authentication, authorization,
and accounting (AAA). RADIUS combines authentication and authorization
in the same packet exchange while TACACS+ does each step separately in
different exchanges.
Features
- Supported authentication methods:
PAP, CHAP, MSCHAP, ARAP. ASCII.
- Flexible attribute manipulation for authorization and accounting.
- Includes example stand alone clients, one for each authentication method,
an authorization example and an accounting example. There is also an
example of changing a password.
- Cisco uses it.
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