Difference between RADIUS and TACACS servers ?

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RADIUS is used for authentication and TACACS is used for remote login

RADIUS uses UDP as a transport protocol TACACS uses TCP as transport protocol

RADIUS is a IEEE server TACACS is a IEEE server

RADIUS encrypts entire communication TACACS encrypts password only

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