452CHAPTER 21: CONFIGURING AAA FOR NETWORK USERS

Authentication Rule Requirements

Bonded authentication requires an 802.1X authentication rule for the machine itself, and a separate 802.1X authentication rule for the user(s). Use the bonded option in the user authentication rule, but not in the machine authentication rule.

The authentication rule for the machine must be higher up in the list of authentication rules than the authentication rule for the user.

You must use 802.1X authentication rules. The 802.1X authentication rule for the machine must use pass-throughas the protocol. 3Com recommends that you also use pass-throughfor the user authentication rule.

The rule for the machine and the rule for the user must use a RADIUS server group as the method. (Generally, in a bonded authentication configuration, the RADIUS servers will use a user database stored on an Active Directory server.)

(For a configuration example, see “Bonded Auth Configuration Example” on page 454.)

3Com recommends that you make the rules as general as possible. For example, if the Active Directory domain is mycorp.com, the following userglobs match on all machine names and users in the domain:

„host/*.mycorp.com (userglob for the machine authentication rule)

„*.mycorp.com (userglob for the user authentication rule)

If the domain name has more nodes (for example, nl.mycorp.com), use an asterisk in each node that you want to match globally. For example, to match on all machines and users in mycorp.com, use the following userglobs:

„host/*.*.mycorp.com (userglob for the machine authentication rule)

„*.*.mycorp.com (userglob for the user authentication rule)

Use more specific rules to direct machines and users to different server groups. For example, to direct users in nl.mycorp.com to a different server group than users in de.mycorp.com, use the following userglobs:

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3Com WXR100 3CRWXR10095A, WX4400 3CRWX440095A, WX1200 3CRWX120695A, WX2200 3CRWX220095A Authentication Rule Requirements
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