RADIUS Dictionary

The Administration >  Dictionaries > RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service. An Industry-standard network access protocol for remote authentication. It allows authentication, authorization, and accounting of remote users who want to access network resources.  page displays the list of available vendor dictionaries.

Figure 1  RADIUS Dictionaries

To view the dictionary attributes, enable a dictionary, or export the dictionary, click on the row of interest. For example, click on vendor 3com to see all its attributes and their data type. The following figure displays the RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service. An Industry-standard network access protocol for remote authentication. It allows authentication, authorization, and accounting of remote users who want to access network resources.  3Com dictionary attributes page:

Figure 2  RADIUS Attributes Page

Enabling a RADIUS Dictionary

To enable a RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service. An Industry-standard network access protocol for remote authentication. It allows authentication, authorization, and accounting of remote users who want to access network resources.  dictionary:

1. From the RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service. An Industry-standard network access protocol for remote authentication. It allows authentication, authorization, and accounting of remote users who want to access network resources.  Dictionaries page, select the dictionary of interest.

2. Click the Enable button. You return to the RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service. An Industry-standard network access protocol for remote authentication. It allows authentication, authorization, and accounting of remote users who want to access network resources.  Dictionaries page. The following message is displayed:

Dictionary has been successfully enabled.

Exporting a RADIUS Dictionary

To export a RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service. An Industry-standard network access protocol for remote authentication. It allows authentication, authorization, and accounting of remote users who want to access network resources.  dictionary:

1. From the RADIUS Dictionaries page, select the dictionary of interest.

2. Click the Export button.

3. Open or save the XML Extensible Markup Language. XML is a markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable. file.

4. You can make modifications to the dictionary and import the file back into Policy Manager as needed.

Importing a RADIUS Dictionary

You can add additional dictionaries using the Import option. To add a new vendor dictionary:

1. Navigate to Administration > Dictionaries > RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service. An Industry-standard network access protocol for remote authentication. It allows authentication, authorization, and accounting of remote users who want to access network resources. .

2. Click the Import link. The Import from file dialog opens:

Figure 3  Import RADIUS Dictionary Dialog

3. Specify the Import from file parameters as described in the following table:

Select File
	If the file that you want to import is password protected, enter the secret here.

Editing an Existing RADIUS Dictionary

To edit an existing dictionary:

1. Export an existing dictionary.

2. Edit the exported XML Extensible Markup Language. XML is a markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable. file.

3. Then import the dictionary.