AAA - Autenticación, Autorización y Registro

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·         RADIUS - Remote Access Dial-In User Server

·         TACACS - Terminal Access Controller Access Control System

AAA - Autenticación, Autorización y Registro

Conjunto de herramientas, procedimientos y protocolos que garantizan un tratamiento coherente de las tareas de autenticación, autorización y registro de actividad de las entidades que tienen acceso a un sistema de información.

AAA

Acrónimo de “authentication, authorization, and accounting” (autenticación, autorización y contabilización). Protocolo para autenticar a un usuario basándose en la identidad verificable del usuario, autorizar a un usuario basándose en sus derechos de usuario y contabilizar el consumo de recursos de una red de un usuario.

http://es.pcisecuritystandards.org

(en) AAA

Acronym for “authentication, authorization, and accounting.” Protocol for authenticating a user based on their verifiable identity, authorizing a user based on their user rights, and accounting for a user’s consumption of network resources.

https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/security_standards/glossary.php

(en) authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA)

Authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) is a term for a framework for intelligently controlling access to computer resources, enforcing policies, auditing usage, and providing the information necessary to bill for services. These combined processes are considered important for effective network management and security.

As the first process, authentication provides a way of identifying a user, typically by having the user enter a valid user name and valid password before access is granted. The process of authentication is based on each user having a unique set of criteria for gaining access. The AAA server compares a user's authentication credentials with other user credentials stored in a database. If the credentials match, the user is granted access to the network. If the credentials are at variance, authentication fails and network access is denied.

Following authentication, a user must gain authorization for doing certain tasks. After logging into a system, for instance, the user may try to issue commands. The authorization process determines whether the user has the authority to issue such commands. Simply put, authorization is the process of enforcing policies: determining what types or qualities of activities, resources, or services a user is permitted. Usually, authorization occurs within the context of authentication. Once you have authenticated a user, they may be authorized for different types of access or activity.

The final plank in the AAA framework is accounting, which measures the resources a user consumes during access. This can include the amount of system time or the amount of data a user has sent and/or received during a session. Accounting is carried out by logging of session statistics and usage information and is used for authorization control, billing, trend analysis, resource utilization, and capacity planning activities.

http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/

(en) AAA - Authentication, Authorisation and Accounting

Authentication. Authentication refers to the confirmation that a user who is requesting services is a valid user of the network services requested. Authentication is accomplished via the presentation of an identity and credentials. Examples of types of credentials are passwords, one-time tokens, digital certificates, and phone numbers (calling/called).

Authorization. Authorization refers to the granting of specific types of service (including "no service") to a user, based on their authentication, what services they are requesting, and the current system state. Authorization may be based on restrictions, for example time-of-day restrictions, or physical location restrictions, or restrictions against multiple logins by the same user. Authorization determines the nature of the service which is granted to a user. Examples of types of service include, but are not limited to: IP address filtering, address assignment, route assignment, QoS/differential services, bandwidth control/traffic management, compulsory tunneling to a specific endpoint, and encryption.

Accounting. Accounting refers to the tracking of the consumption of network resources by users. This information may be used for management, planning, billing, or other purposes. Real-time accounting refers to accounting information that is delivered concurrently with the consumption of the resources. Batch accounting refers to accounting information that is saved until it is delivered at a later time. Typical information that is gathered in accounting is the identity of the user, the nature of the service delivered, when the service began, and when it ended.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAA_protocol

(fr) AAA

Acronyme d’«authentication, authorization, and accounting» (authentification, autorisation et traçabilité). Protocole permettant d’authentifier un utilisateur en fonction de son identité vérifiable, d’autoriser un utilisateur en fonction de ses droits d’utilisateur et de vérifier la consommation des ressources réseau d’un utilisateur.

http://fr.pcisecuritystandards.org/

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