66 CHAPTER 4: MANAGING DEVICE SECURITY
Defining Local Database Authentication
Local database authentication allows stations to authenticate and access
the network in situations where 802.1X authentication is infeasible o r
impractical. The local database authentication feature allows
unauthenticated hosts to request and receive a DHCP assigned IP address
and perform DNS queries. All other traffic, except for HTTP protocol
traffic, is blocked. The switch intercepts HTTP protocol traffic and
redirects it to a switch-generated web page that facilitates user name and
password authentication. Once authentication is successful, the user is
forwarded on to the originally requested web page.
This section includes the following topics:
■Configuring Local Database Authentication
■Viewing Port Settings
■Configuring Port Settings
■Viewing User Listing
■Creating User Entries
■Modifying User Entries
■Removing User Entries