6 Configuring Source IP Address for Telnet Service

Packets

Overview

You can configure source IP address or source interface for the Telnet server and Telnet client. This provides a way to manage services and enhances security.

The source IP address specified for Telnet service packets is the IP address of a Loopback interface or VLAN interface. After you specify the IP address of a virtual Loopback interface or an unused VLAN interface as the source IP address of Telnet service packets, the IP address is used as the source IP address no matter which interface of the switching engine is used to transmit packets between the Telnet client and the Telnet server. This conceals the IP address of the actual interface used. As a result, external attacks are guarded and the security is improved. On the other hand, you can configure the Telnet server to accept only Telnet service packets with specific source IP addresses to make sure specific users can log in to the switching engine.

Configuring Source IP Address for Telnet Service Packets

This feature can be configured in either user view or system view. The configuration performed in user view takes effect for only the current session, while the configuration performed in system view takes effect for all the following sessions.

Configuration in user view

Follow these steps to configure a source IP address for service packets in user view:

To do…

Use the command…

Remarks

Specify a source IP address for

telnet remote-server source-ipip-address

Optional

the Telnet client

 

 

 

 

 

Specify a source interface for the

telnet remote-serversource-interface

Optional

Telnet client

interface-type interface-number

 

 

 

 

Configuration in system view

Follow these steps to configure a source IP address for service packets in system view:

 

To do…

Use the command…

 

Remarks

 

Specify a source IP address for

telnet-server source-ip ip-address

 

Optional

 

Telnet server

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specify a source interface for

telnet-server source-interface

Optional

 

Telnet server

interface-type interface-number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specify source IP address for

telnet source-ip ip-address

Optional

 

Telnet client

 

 

 

 

 

 

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