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Chapter 11 Configuring Web-Based Authentication
Understanding Web-Based Authentication
If you configure web pages for HTTP authentication, they must include the appropriate HTML
commands (for example, to set the page time out, to set a hidden password, or to confirm that the
same page is not submitted twice).
The CLI command to redirect users to a specific URL is not available when the configured login
form is enabled. The administrator should ensure that the redirection is configured i n the web page.
If the CLI command redirecting users to specific URL after authentication occurs is entered and then
the command configuring web pages is entered, the CLI command redirecting users to a specific
URL does not take effect.
Configured web pages can be copied to the switch boot flash or flash .
Configured pages can be accessed from the flash on the stack master or members.
The login page can be on one flash, and the success and failure pages can be another flash (for
example, the flash on the stack master or a me mber).
You must configure all four pages.
The banner page has no effect if it is configured with the web page.
All of the logo files (image, flash, audio, video, and so on) that are stored in the system directory
(for example, flash, disk0, or disk) and that must be displayed on the login page must use
web_auth_<filename> as the file name.
The configured authentication proxy feature supports both HTTP and SSL.
You can substitute your HTML pages, as shown inFigure 11-5 on page 11-6, for the default internal
HTML pages. You can also specify a URL to which users are redirected after authentication occurs,
which replaces the internal Success page.
Figure 11-5 Customizeable Authentication Page
For more information, see the “Customizing the Authentication Proxy Web Pages” section on
page 11-13.