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What is AAA?

AAA can refer to several things, making it ambiguous without more context. It commonly refers to Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting, a framework for controlling access to computer resources, enforcing policies, auditing usage, and providing the information necessary to bill for services. It can also refer to the American Automobile Association, or video game companies (Triple-A studios).

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What other technologies are related to AAA?

AAA Competitor Technologies

RADIUS

RADIUS provides similar AAA functionality, offering authentication, authorization, and accounting for network access.

mentioned alongside AAA in 7% (1.4k) of relevant job posts

TACACS+

TACACS+ is another AAA protocol, offering similar functionality to RADIUS for authentication, authorization, and accounting.

mentioned alongside AAA in 12% (316) of relevant job posts

Diameter

Diameter is an authentication, authorization, and accounting protocol that competes with RADIUS and TACACS+ in various network environments.

mentioned alongside AAA in 7% (246) of relevant job posts

AAA Complementary Technologies

WLAN authentication

AAA is used in WLAN authentication to provide a centralized method for authenticating wireless users.

mentioned alongside AAA in 100% (51) of relevant job posts

802.1x

802.1x is a port-based network access control protocol often used in conjunction with AAA to authenticate users.

mentioned alongside AAA in 6% (649) of relevant job posts

Radsec

RadSec is a secure transport protocol for RADIUS, which complements AAA by securing the communication between the network access server and the AAA server.

mentioned alongside AAA in 79% (53) of relevant job posts