CA

Certificate authority. A trusted entity that registers the digital identity of a site or

 

individual and issues a digital certificate that guarantees the binding between the

 

the identity and the data items in a certificate.

CCM

Centralized configuration management. The process by which information is

 

shared between a Primary RADIUS server and one or more Replica RADIUS

 

servers in a multi-server environment.

certificate

A digital file signed by a CA that guarantees the binding between an identity and

 

the contents of the certificate.

CHAP

Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol.

checklist

An attribute that must be sent from a RAS to a RADIUS server as part of an

attribute

authentication request. If a required checklist attribute is not present, the

 

RADIUS server returns an Access-Reject message to the RAS.

credentials

Data that is verified when presented to an authenticator, such as a password or a

 

digital certificate.

CRL

Certificate Revocation List. A data structure that identifies the digital certificates

 

that have been invalidated by the certificates’ issuing CA prior to their expiration

 

date.

dictionary

Text file that stores the lists of RADIUS attributes used to parse

 

authentication/accounting requests and generate responses.

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. Protocol by which a server automatically

 

assigns (leases) a network address to a client temporarily or permanently.

DNIS

Dialed number identification service. A telephone service that identifies what

 

number was dialed by a caller.

DNS

Domain Name Service.

EAP

Extensible Authentication Protocol. An IETF-standard authentication protocol

 

for network access that acts as a transport for multiple authentication methods or

 

types. Defined by RFC 2284.

EAP-TTLS

Authentication method that uses EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol) and

 

TTLS (Tunneled Transport Layer Security).

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

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Glossary

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