Security

Authentication continued

Summary of access The following table describes each interface and its access methods.

methods

 

 

 

Interface

Security Access

Notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serial Control

Access is by user name and

Always enabled.

 

 

Console

password.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These methods are available:

 

 

 

Telnet Control

• User name and password

The user name and password

 

 

Console

• Selectable server port

are transmitted as plain text.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Server Enable/Disable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These methods are available:

NMS IP filters allow access

 

 

 

from either one IP address or

 

 

 

• Community Name

from multiple IP addresses.

 

 

 

You specify multiple NMSs not

 

 

SNMP

NMS IP filters

 

 

by their literal IP addresses but

 

 

 

• Agent Enable/Disable

 

 

 

in the format of an NMS IP filter.

 

 

 

• Four access communities with

 

 

 

See SNMP: Access Control on

 

 

 

read/write/disable capability

 

 

 

 

this page for more information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These methods are available:

 

 

 

FTP Server

• User name and password

Only the Administrator account

 

 

 

• Selectable server port

has access.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Server Enable/Disable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These methods are available:

In basic HTTP authentication

 

 

 

mode, the user name and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• User name and password

password are transmitted base-

 

 

Web Server

64 encoded (with no

 

 

• Selectable server port

 

 

 

encryption). MD5 authentication

 

 

 

• Server Enable/Disable

 

 

 

mode uses a user name and

 

 

 

MD5 Authentication option

 

 

 

password phrase.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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