An Access Control Protocol, Sometimes Called TACACS
C. Finseth · 1993
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Background There used to be a network called ARPANET. This network consisted of end nodes (hosts), routing nodes (IMPs) and links. There were (at least) two types of IMPs: those that connected dedicated lines only and those that could accept dial up lines. The latter were called "TIPs." People being what they were, there was a desire to control who could use the dial up lines. Someone invented a protocol, called "TACACS" (Terminal Access Controller Access Control System?), which allowed a TIP to accept a username and password and send a query to a TACACS authentication server, sometimes called a TACACS daemon or simply TACACSD. This server was normally a program running on a host. The