Cisco Systems ASA 5500 manual Specify a User Authentication Method

Chapter 7 Scenario: Remote-Access VPN Configuration

Implementing the Remote-Access Scenario

Step 2 Specify the type of authentication that you want to use by performing one of the following steps:

•To use static preshared keys for authentication, click Pre-Shared Key, and enter a key (such as "CisCo").

•To use digital certificates for authentication, click Certificate, click the Certificate Signing Algorithm (rsa-sig/dsa-sig) from the drop-down list, and then click a pre-configured trustpoint name from the drop-down list.

Step 3 Click Next to continue.

Specify a User Authentication Method

Users can be authenticated either by a local authentication database or by using external authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) servers (RADIUS, TACACS+, SDI, NT, and Crabbers).

In Step 4 of the VPN Wizard, perform the following steps:

Step 1 Click the appropriate radio button to specify the type of user authentication that you want to use:

•A local authentication database

•An external AAA server group

Step 2 Click a preconfigured server group from the drop-down list, or click New to add a new server group.

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