GE MULTILINK ML1200 User Manual

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CHAPTER 8: ACCESS USING TACACS+

ACCESS USING TACACS+

MULTILINK ML1200 MANAGED FIELD SWITCH – INSTRUCTION MANUAL

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FIGURE 8–2: TACACS packet format

The portions of the TACACS packet are defined as follows:

Major Version: The major TACACS+ version number.
Minor version: The minor TACACS+ version number. This is intended to allow

revisions to the TACACS+ protocol while maintaining backwards compatibility.

Packet type: Possible values are:
• TAC_PLUS_AUTHEN:= 0x01 (authentication)

TAC_PLUS_AUTHOR:= 0x02 (authorization)
TAC_PLUS_ACCT:= 0x03 (accounting)

Sequence number: The sequence number of the current packet for the current

session.

Flags: This field contains various flags in the form of bitmaps. The flag values

signify whether the packet is encrypted.

Session ID: The ID for this TACACS+ session.
Length: The total length of the TACACS+ packet body (not including the header).

754717A1.CDR

32 bits wide

4

4

8

8

8 bits

Major

Version

Minor

Version

Packet type

Sequence

number

Flags

Session ID

Length

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