Question 620
At a telecommunications branch in Oslo, a post-change check targets this documented issue: TACACS requests reach the identity server but packets cannot be validated because server and device share different secrets. Which observation is the strongest evidence that the repair worked?
Explanation
Correct Answer
This is the observable outcome for tacacs secret mismatch. It tests whether the targeted change, 'Correct the TACACS shared secret and related server definition without disabling authentication', actually resolved the reported issue at a telecommunications branch in Oslo. The original failure was: TACACS requests reach the identity server but packets cannot be validated because server and device share different secrets.
Incorrect Answers
That observation verifies tacacs+ transport port in a different situation, such as when a firewall allows RADIUS UDP but TACACS+ management logins still fail because its dedicated transport is blocked. For the reported tacacs secret mismatch incident at a telecommunications branch in Oslo, the required acceptance evidence is: AAA requests receive valid authenticated replies without decryption or integrity failures. This other result does not test that condition directly.
That observation verifies aaa exec authorization in a different situation, such as when users pass login authentication but never receive authorized EXEC access because the required exec authorization method is missing. For the reported tacacs secret mismatch incident at a telecommunications branch in Oslo, the required acceptance evidence is: AAA requests receive valid authenticated replies without decryption or integrity failures. This other result does not test that condition directly.
That observation verifies radius authentication transport in a different situation, such as when a router's RADIUS server is reachable by ICMP but RADIUS requests time out because authentication and accounting UDP ports are blocked. For the reported tacacs secret mismatch incident at a telecommunications branch in Oslo, the required acceptance evidence is: AAA requests receive valid authenticated replies without decryption or integrity failures. This other result does not test that condition directly.