Configuring RADIUS Server Support for Switch Services

Configuring and Using RADIUS-Assigned Access Control Lists

Permit: An ACE configured with this action allows the switch to forward an inbound packet for which there is a match within an applicable ACL.

Permit Any Any: An abbreviated form of permit in ip from any to any, which permits any inbound IP traffic from any source to any destination.

RADIUS-Assigned ACL: An ACL application type in which the ACL is assigned by a RADIUS server to a port to filter inbound IP traffic from a specific client authenticated by the server for that port.

Static Port ACL: An ACL statically configured on a specific port, group of ports, or trunk. A static port ACL filters all incoming traffic on the port, regardless of whether it is switched or routed.

VSA (Vendor-Specific-Attribute):A value used in a RADIUS-based config­ uration to uniquely identify a networking feature that can be applied to a port on a given vendor’s switch during an authenticated client session.

Wildcard: The part of a mask that indicates the bits in a packet’s IP addressing that do not need to match the corresponding bits specified in an ACL. See also ACL Mask on page 6-10.

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