Radius vs Tacacs+

[Alan DeKok]

Roberto Carna wrote:
> Dear, my chief ask me to choose between Tacacs+ and Radius for switches
> and Linux SSH user authentication.

  Linux authentication doesn't really use TACACS+ or RADIUS.

> I see radius is universally supported for every device and OS, but I
> can't tell soo much about Tacacs+ because I don'y know very well. 

  TACACS+ is Cisco only.

> Can you give me your opinion about the best choice between radius and
> tacacs+???

  If you want an industry standard protocol used by every switch vendor,
use RADIUS.  If you want Cisco, use TACACS+.

  Alan DeKok.