does cisco ACS hardware run TACACS+ ?

[mohammed hashim]

hi all

I am very new to the security,

my question is , does cisco ACS devices run TACACS+ ?

or TACACS+ has to be installed in windows/linux ?

thank you

[Jatin Katyal]

All versions of ACS ( ACS 4.x and ACS 5.x) supports tacacs+.

Regards,

Jatin Katyal

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[Prasan Venky]

Hi Jatin,

Do we need any VSA for TACACS+ in order to support non cisco products..? For example I could see RADIUS(Nortel) but for TACACS+(Cisco IOS). how incase if i want nortel switch to get aaa functionality using TACACS+..?

Thanks in advance

[kaaftab]

TACACS is support on all version on ACS .It is further to mention TACACS is cisco propitiatory so it runs only on cisco supported devices.

[cciesec2011]

That is absolutely not true.  Other non-cisco devices such as checkpoint products and Juniper also work well with TACACS without any issues.

[kaaftab]

yes you are right its my mistake.

[mohammed hashim]

can it be integrated with Windows Active Directory ?

[kaaftab]

yes it can be integrated

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[Jatin Katyal]

The below listed link will help you to configure tacacs authentication/authorization and also help you to integrate ACS with Active directory.

ACS 5.x and later: Integration with Microsoft Active Directory Configuration Example

ACS 5.x: TACACS+ Authentication and Command Authorization based on AD group membership Configuration Example

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Jatin Katyal

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