3Com 4500G Family Configuration Manual page 554

Security Volume Organization
Manual Version
6W101-20100310
Product Version
V05.02.00
Organization
The Security Volume is organized as follows:
Features
AAA
802.1X
HABP
MAC Authentication
Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) provide a uniform
framework used for configuring these three security functions to
implement the network security management. This document describes:
Introduction to AAA, RADIUS and HWTACACS
AAA configuration
RADIUS configuration
HWTACACS configuration
IEEE 802.1X (hereinafter simplified as 802.1X) is a port-based network
access control protocol that is used as the standard for LAN user access
authentication. This document describes:
802.1X overview
802.1X configuration
802.1X Guest-VLAN configuration
On an HABP-capable switch, HABP packets can bypass 802.1X
authentication and MAC authentication, allowing communication among
switches in a cluster. This document describes:
Introduction to HABP
HABP configuration
MAC authentication provides a way for authenticating users based on
ports and MAC addresses; it requires no client software to be installed on
the hosts. This document describes:
RADIUS-Based MAC Authentication
Local MAC Authentication
Description