Multicast User Authentication and Profile Support

This feature supports user authentication and downloading of a user profile in a multicast environment.

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Restrictions for Multicast User Authentication and Profile Support

The port, interface, VC, or VLAN ID is the user or subscriber identity. User identity by hostname, user ID, or password is not supported.

Information About Multicast User Authentication and Profile Support

IPv6 Multicast User Authentication and Profile Support

IPv6 multicast by design allows any host in the network to become a receiver or a source for a multicast group. Therefore, multicast access control is needed to control multicast traffic in the network. Access control functionality consists mainly of source access control and accounting, receiver access control and accounting, and provisioning of this access control mechanism.

Multicast access control provides an interface between multicast and authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) for provisioning, authorizing, and accounting at the last-hop device, receiver access control functions in multicast, and group or channel disabling capability in multicast.

When you deploy a new multicast service environment, it is necessary to add user authentication and provide a user profile download on a per-interface basis. The use of AAA and IPv6 multicast supports user authentication and downloading of the user profile in a multicast environment.

The event that triggers the download of a multicast access-control profile from the RADIUS server to the access device is arrival of an MLD join on the access device. When this event occurs, a user can cause the authorization cache to time out and request download periodically or use an appropriate multicast clear command to trigger a new download in case of profile changes.

Accounting occurs via RADIUS accounting. Start and stop accounting records are sent to the RADIUS server from the access device. In order for you to track resource consumption on a per-stream basis, these accounting records provide information about the multicast source and group. The start record is sent when the last-hop device receives a new MLD report, and the stop record is sent upon MLD leave or if the group or channel is deleted for any reason.

How to Configure Multicast User Authentication and Profile Support

Enabling AAA Access Control for IPv6 Multicast

SUMMARY STEPS

    1.    enable

    2.    configure terminal

    3.    aaa new-model


DETAILED STEPS
     Command or ActionPurpose
    Step 1 enable


    Example:
    Device> enable
     

    Enables privileged EXEC mode.

    • Enter your password if prompted.

     
    Step 2 configure terminal


    Example:
    Device# configure terminal
     

    Enters global configuration mode.

     
    Step 3 aaa new-model


    Example:
    Device(config)# aaa new-model
     

    Enables the AAA access control system.

     

    Specifying Method Lists and Enabling Multicast Accounting

    SUMMARY STEPS

      1.    enable

      2.    configure terminal

      3.    aaa authorization multicast default [method3 | method4

      4.    aaa accounting multicast default [start-stop | stop-only] [broadcast] [method1] [method2] [method3] [method4

      5.    interface type number

      6.    ipv6 multicast aaa account receive access-list-name [throttle throttle-number


    DETAILED STEPS
       Command or ActionPurpose
      Step 1 enable


      Example:
      Device> enable
       

      Enables privileged EXEC mode.

      • Enter your password if prompted.

       
      Step 2 configure terminal


      Example:
      Device# configure terminal
       

      Enters global configuration mode.

       
      Step 3 aaa authorization multicast default [method3 | method4


      Example:
      Device(config)# aaa authorization multicast default
       

      Enables AAA authorization and sets parameters that restrict user access to an IPv6 multicast network.

       
      Step 4 aaa accounting multicast default [start-stop | stop-only] [broadcast] [method1] [method2] [method3] [method4


      Example:
      Device(config)# aaa accounting multicast default
       

      Enables AAA accounting of IPv6 multicast services for billing or security purposes when you use RADIUS.

       
      Step 5 interface type number


      Example:
      Device(config)# interface FastEthernet 1/0
       

      Specifies an interface type and number, and places the device in interface configuration mode.

       
      Step 6 ipv6 multicast aaa account receive access-list-name [throttle throttle-number


      Example:
      Device(config-if)# ipv6 multicast aaa account receive list1
       

      Enables AAA accounting on specified groups or channels.

       

      Disabling the Device from Receiving Unauthenticated Multicast Traffic

      In some situations, access control may be needed to prevent multicast traffic from being received unless the subscriber is authenticated and the channels are authorized as per access control profiles. That is, there should be no traffic at all unless specified otherwise by access control profiles.

      SUMMARY STEPS

        1.    enable

        2.    configure terminal

        3.    ipv6 multicast group-range [access-list-name]


      DETAILED STEPS
         Command or ActionPurpose
        Step 1 enable


        Example:
        Device> enable
         

        Enables privileged EXEC mode.

        • Enter your password if prompted.

         
        Step 2 configure terminal


        Example:
        Device# configure terminal
         

        Enters global configuration mode.

         
        Step 3 ipv6 multicast group-range [access-list-name]


        Example:
        Device(config)# ipv6 multicast group-range
         

        Disables multicast protocol actions and traffic forwarding for unauthorized groups or channels on all the interfaces in a device.

         

        Configuration Examples for Multicast User Authentication and Profile Support

        Example: Enabling AAA Access Control, Specifying Method Lists, and Enabling Multicast Accounting for IPv6

        Device(config)# aaa new-model
Device(config)# aaa authorization multicast default
Device(config)# aaa accounting multicast default
Device(config)# interface FastEthernet 1/0
Device(config-if)# ipv6 multicast aaa account receive list1

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        Feature Information for Multicast User Authentication and Profile Support

        The following table provides release information about the feature or features described in this module. This table lists only the software release that introduced support for a given feature in a given software release train. Unless noted otherwise, subsequent releases of that software release train also support that feature.

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        Table 1 Feature Information for User Authentication and Profile Support

        Feature Name

        Releases

        Feature Information

        Multicast User Authentication and Profile Support

        12.4(4)T

        Cisco IOS XE Release 3.8S

        Multicast access control provides an interface between multicast and AAA for provisioning, authorizing, and accounting at the last-hop router, receiver access control functions in multicast, and group or channel disabling capability in multicast.

        The following commands were introduced or modified: aaa accounting multicast default, aaa authorization multicast default, clear ipv6 multicast aaa authorization, ipv6 multicast aaa account receive.