Operation Manual - Security
Quidway S3500 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 2 Portal Configuration
Huawei Technologies Proprietary
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Chapter 2 Portal Configuration
Note:
Among Quidway S3500 series Ethernet switches, S3552G, S3552P, S3528G and
S3528P support Portal.
2.1 Portal Overview
2.1.1 Introduction to Portal
Portal is also called Portal website. Portal authentication is also called web
authentication. Portal’s advantages include:
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Users do not need to install a client program.
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Powerful ability to support new services: Operators can implement information
inquiry, online shopping and other servers by Portal authentication.
Portal works on this principle: Unauthenticated users can only access the server for
special site. Any other accesses are redirected to a Portal server unconditionally. Users
can access the Internet only after authentication.
2.1.2 Portal System Composition
As shown in Figure 2-1, a Portal system consists of four basic factors: authentication
client, access device, Portal server and authentication/accounting server.
Access device
Authentication client
Portal server
Authentication/ server
Authentication client
Authentication client
Access device
Access device
Authentication client
Portal server
Authentication client
Portal server
Authentication/Accounting server
Authentication client
Authentication client
Access device
Access device
Authentication client
Portal server
Authentication/ server
Authentication client
Authentication client
Access device
Authentication client
Portal server
Authentication/ server
Authentication client
Authentication client
Access device
Access device
Access device
Authentication client
Portal server
Authentication client
Portal server
Authentication client
Portal server
Authentication/Accounting server
Authentication client
Authentication client
Figure 2-1
Portal system composition