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« on: November 14, 2007, 03:46:18 PM »

I have a question regarding the AAA policy ?

In a AAA Policy, the PP (Post Processing) step only runs if which previous AAA step was successful?

=> MC (Map Credentials)
=> AU (Authentication)
=> MR (Map Resource)
=> AZ (Authorization)

I was not sure about my answer "AZ", am I right... Huh

Thanks, Onno
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« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2007, 12:32:40 PM »

I agree, I think AZ is the correct answer. 

From the documentation:
"After authorizing the client, an Access Control Policy may perform optional post-processing activities...."

Although this might be a 'trick' question as Authentication is performed before Authorization (in the out of the box 'AAA' policy).  So the key phrase in the question is "...previous AAA step."
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« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2007, 06:37:59 PM »

Remember that even if Authentication (AU) fails, Authorization (AZ) will run.  The user will just be 'unauthenticated' or a 'guest'.  So in order for Post-Processing (PP) to occur, AZ must have run first.
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