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Securing Access to Management Functions
In this chapter
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Securing access methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
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Restricting remote access to management functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
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Setting passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
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Setting up local user accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
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Configuring SSL security for the Web Management Interface . . . . . . . . . . . 78
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Configuring TACACS/ security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
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Configuring RADIUS security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
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Configuring authentication-method lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Securing access methods
This chapter explains how to secure access to management functions on the device.
NOTE
RADIUS Challenge is supported for 802.1x authentication but not for login authentication. Also,
multiple challenges are supported for login authentication.
The following table lists the management access methods available on the device, how they are
secured by default, and the ways in which they can be secured.
TABLE 33
Ways to secure management access to the device
Access method
How the access method is
secured by default
Ways to secure the access method
See page
Serial access to the CLI
Not secured
Establish passwords for management
privilege levels
page 72
Access to the Privileged EXEC
and CONFIG levels of the CLI
Not secured
Establish a password for Telnet access
to the CLI
page 71
Establish passwords for management
privilege levels
page 72
Set up local user accounts
page 75
Configure TACACS/ security
page 80
Configure RADIUS security
page 96
Summary of Contents for Brocade DCX
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