Cisco TACACS with Active Directory

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doodab replied

22 February 2011, 10:07
The question is probably better phrased as will AD support TACACS, which is a specific authentication protocol. It seems you need to use something called Cisco Secure ACS to do it.

You can also use another authentication protocol called RADIUS, which AD supports out of the box. So you configure the domain controller as a RADIUS server (using MS Internet Authentication Server) and then configure the cisco kit to authenticate against it the same as it would use any other RADIUS server. That might be a simpler solution.

How to authenticate against Active Directory from Cisco IOS : Brian Desmond's Blog
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pmeswani replied

22 February 2011, 08:47
Originally posted by stek View Post

AD is an MS version of LDAP with knobs on, so if your Cisco or TACACS thingy does LDAP, it should do AD...

Sadly, I have no idea what our CISCO kit is capable of. I have been asked to perform a random piece of work for something I don't have access to or unable to find the right documentation for. I guess I will need to continue hunting down the information then.
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stek replied

21 February 2011, 23:06
Originally posted by pmeswani View Post

Hi all,

I have absolutely no ideas about Cisco or TACACS for that matter, so I hope you don't mind if I tap into anyone's knowledge on this. If anyone can tell me if TACACS will support AD authentication, it would be appreciated. I am trawling through the Cisco KB, but isn't returning anything useful.

Ta very muchy.

AD is an MS version of LDAP with knobs on, so if your Cisco or TACACS thingy does LDAP, it should do AD...
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pmeswani started a topic Cisco TACACS with Active Directory

21 February 2011, 10:01
Cisco TACACS with Active Directory

Hi all,

I have absolutely no ideas about Cisco or TACACS for that matter, so I hope you don't mind if I tap into anyone's knowledge on this. If anyone can tell me if TACACS will support AD authentication, it would be appreciated. I am trawling through the Cisco KB, but isn't returning anything useful.

Ta very muchy.
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