Where would one find this freeware TACACS+ server software? Didn't see it
on CCO Software Center....
-Brad
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Perry J. Lucas"
To:
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 8:58 PM
Subject: RE: Differences between TACACS+ and Cisco ACS [7:2245]
> I just tried to purchase Cisco ACS for Solaris and was told that it is
> no longer available on that platform. The only part number they had was
> for version 2.6 was for Windows NT/2000. We elected to go with a
> Cisco's freeware TACACS+...
>
> ""Sean Young"" wrote in message
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> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > The company I am working for is considering purchasing Cisco ACS
> > software. This piece of software will be running on Solaris platform.
> > Currently, I am using TACACS+ (self-supported software with source
> code)
> > on our environment running on both Solaris and linux platforms
> (Primary
> > TACACS is on Solaris and backup is on Linux). We've modified the
> source
> > code so that each user has his/her own privilige password so that we
> > have a record of who is doing what on the network devices (accounting
> > purpose). Everything is running smoothly and the company is happy
> with
> > the result.
> >
> > In my opinion, learning CLI in Unix/linux is not an easy task to
> master.
> > Because of this, I am solely responsible for the TACACS servers.
> Finding
> > someone to train for this thing is NOT an easy thing (thanks to
> Microsoft
> > mentality of POINT-and-CLICK attitude of new people coming into the IT
> > field these days). I've tried to train several people for this task
> but
> > it was unsuccessful. Because of this, the company is considering of
> > migrating the TACACS server from Solaris/Linux over to Microsoft
> Windows
> > platforms (YIKES) so that we can find additional support staffs.
> > The software package that we consider is Cisco ACS. I have several
> > questions regarding this package:
> >
> > 1) Is this software stable on a Windows platform? (Sorry I have to
> ask)
> > 2) How long does it take to train a newbie to be efficient with Cisco
> > ACS running on Winblows platform?
> > 3) Does Cisco ACS support enable privilege for each individual user
> (i.e
> > does each user have his/own enable password)?
> >
> > If anyone has done it before or have a similar experience, I would
> like
> > to hear from you.
> >
> > Many thanks.
> > Sean
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