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authentication source Identity repository against which Policy Manager verifies identity. CPPM supports the
following authentication source types: Microsoft Active Directory, LDAP-compliant directories, RSA or other
RADIUS-based token servers, and SQL database, as well as Static Host lists for MAC-based authentication.
authorization Authorization controls the type of access that an authenticated user is permitted to have.
authorization source Collects attributes for use in role-mapping rules. You specify the attributes you want to
collect when you configure the authentication source. CPPM supports the following authorization source
types: Microsoft Active Directory, any LDAP compliant directory, RSA or other RADIUS-based token servers,
and SQL database, including the local user store.
bounce To shut down and restart a service or port.
BYOD Bring your own device.Refers to using personal mobile devices within an employer's enterprise network
infrastructure, and the associated network and resource management challenges.
CA See Certificate Authority.
captive portal Implemented by NAS. Provides access to network only to authorized users.
Certificate Authority (CA) Entity in a public key infrastructure system that issues certificates to clients. A
certificate signing request received by the CA is converted into a certificate when the CA adds a signature that is
generated with the CA’s private key. See digital certificate, private key, and public key infrastructure.
CHAP Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol. Authentication scheme used by Point to Point Protocol
(PPP) servers to validate the identity of remote clients.
ClearPass Access Management System for creating and enforcing policies across a network to all devices and
applications. The ClearPass integrated platform includes Policy Manager, Guest, Onboard, OnGuard, Insight,
Profile, AirGroup, and MACTrac.
ClearPass Guest See Guest.
CoA Change of Authorization.
collectors Network elements providing data for profiling endpoints. The following collectors send endpoint
attributes to Profile: DHCP, Onboard, HTTP User Agent, MAC OUI, ActiveSync plugin, OnGuard, SNMP, and
Subnet Scanner.
common name (CN) See distinguished name.
CPPM W-ClearPass Policy Manager. May refer to the Policy Manager application, or all applications within the
W-ClearPass platform. See also Policy Manager.
CRL Certificate revocation list. List of revoked certificates maintained by a certificate authority and regularly
updated.
cryptobinding Short for cryptographic binding. Procedure in a tunneled EAP method that binds together the
tunnel protocol and the tunneled authentication method(s), ensuring the relationship between a collection of
data assets. Cryptographic binding focuses on protecting the server; mutual cryptographic binding protects
both peer and server.
CSR Certificate Signing Request.
CSV Comma-separated values.
device category Classification describing a device's type—for example, computer, smartdevice, printer, access
point, and so on. One of three hierarchical elements in a device profile.
device family Within the device category, a classification based on the type of operating system or vendor—
for example, if the device category is Computer, the value for device family might be Windows, Linux, or Mac
OS. One of three hierarchical elements in a device profile.