is tacacs free?

ronshuster · ‎05-21-2010

This may sound like a funny question but is TACACS+ free?

I used TACACS+ in the past (full version with the GUI) but I was not involved in the purchasing... I am seeing a number of sites that provide TACACS for free but I am not sure if it's the full version with all its functions.

Any difference between the MS Windows version vs the UNIX version in terms of Cisco support and availability?

Joe Clarke · ‎05-21-2010

TACACS+ (the protocol) was a proposed IETF standard (see http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-grant-tacacs-02), and there are free implementations of the protocol available (e.g. the tac_plus daemon at http://www.shrubbery.net/tac_plus/). Whether or not you get all the features you would with Cisco Secure Access Control Server (an implementation of the protocol sold by Cisco) is a different story. Certainly you don't with tac_plus. However, it does provide functional AAA, and it is quite easy to configure and extend.

vkoyi85 · ‎05-24-2010

Hello,

I dont think so you will get tacacs server for free with all features.Some are providing with basic emunities.Can you pls check below links for details.

1. ftp://ftp-eng.cisco.com/pub/tacacs

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk59...094ea6 .shtml

2 ClearBox TACACS+

RADIUS Server

- a 30-day trial version for Windows
at www.xperiencetech.com

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk59/technologies_configuration_example09186a0080094ea6.shtml

If you try in web,you may have some more Free trial version tacacs daemons.

Hope this helps.

Thanks & Regards,

Venkat Koyi