Chapter 3 Setting Up the Sensor

Configuring Authentication and User Parameters

b.Enter the IP address of the second RADIUS server.

sensor(config-aaa-rad-sec)# server-address10.4.5.6

sensor(config-aaa-rad-sec)#

c.Enter the RADIUS server port. If not specified, the default RADIUS port is used.

sensor(config-aaa-rad-sec)# server-port 1812 sensor(config-aaa-rad-sec)#

d.Enter the amount of time in seconds you want to wait for the RADIUS server to respond.

sensor(config-aaa-rad-sec)# time-out 8 sensor(config-aaa-rad-sec)#

e.Enter the secret value you obtained for this RADIUS server. The shared secret is a piece of data known only to the parties involved in a secure communication.

sensor(config-aaa-rad-sec)# shared-secret yyyyy

sensor(config-aaa-rad-sec)#

Note You must have the same secret value configured on both the RADIUS server and the IPS sensor so that the server can authenticate the requests of the client and the client can authenticate the responses of the server.

Step 8 Specify the type of console authentication.

sensor(config-aaa-rad)#console-authentication radius-and-local

sensor(config-aaa-rad)#

You can choose local, local and RADIUS, or RADIUS.

Step 9 Verify the settings:

sensor(config-aaa-rad)# show settings radius

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primary-server

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server-address: 10.1.2.3

server-port: 1812 <defaulted>

shared-secret: kkkk

timeout: 3 <defaulted>

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secondary-server

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enabled

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server-address: 10.4.5.6

server-port: 1816 default: 1812

shared-secret: yyyyy

timeout: 8 default: 3

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nas-id: cisco-ips default: cisco-ips

local-fallback: enabled default: enabled

console-authentication: radius-and-local <defaulted>

default-user-role: operator default: unspecified

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IPS4510K9 specifications

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