RFC 8907 · INFORMATIONAL · 2020

The Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System Plus Protocol

Overview

RFC 8907, “The Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System Plus Protocol”, is an Informational document published in September 2020 by T. Dahm, A. Ota, D.C. Medway Gash, D. Carrel, L. Grant. It has since been updated by RFC 9887. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document describes the Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System Plus (TACACS+) protocol, which is widely deployed today to provide Device Administration for routers, network access servers, and other networked computing devices via one or more centralized servers.

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

What “Informational” means

Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.

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