Question 410
For AAA and ACL enforcement at a finance network core in Zurich, a maintenance test revisits the fault: An administrator enables centralized-only AAA on a remote router without a validated recovery path and loses administrative access when the WAN fails. Which result validates the intended fix most directly?
Explanation
Correct Answer
This is the observable outcome for aaa lockout recovery. It tests whether the targeted change, 'Validate protected console/local recovery and server-unreachable fallback before tightening remote AAA', actually resolved the reported issue at a finance network core in Zurich. The original failure was: An administrator enables centralized-only AAA on a remote router without a validated recovery path and loses administrative access when the WAN fails.
Incorrect Answers
That observation verifies aaa command authorization in a different situation, such as when a user authenticates successfully but sensitive configuration commands are not checked against command-level authorization. For the reported aaa lockout recovery incident at a finance network core in Zurich, the required acceptance evidence is: Approved break-glass access works during central-server outage while normal remote access remains controlled. This other result does not test that condition directly.
That observation verifies aaa server unavailable versus reject in a different situation, such as when a router is configured TACACS+ then local, but an explicit reject from the active TACACS+ server is expected to trigger local fallback. For the reported aaa lockout recovery incident at a finance network core in Zurich, the required acceptance evidence is: Approved break-glass access works during central-server outage while normal remote access remains controlled. This other result does not test that condition directly.
That observation verifies aaa method list not applied in a different situation, such as when the intended named login method list exists but VTY access continues to use another authentication path. For the reported aaa lockout recovery incident at a finance network core in Zurich, the required acceptance evidence is: Approved break-glass access works during central-server outage while normal remote access remains controlled. This other result does not test that condition directly.