Overview of Security Methods

Table 3-3 MAC / 802.1X Precedence States (Continued)

 

 

 

 

Autho-

 

 

802.1X

MAC

 

Default

rized

 

 

Port

Port

Authen-

Policy

Policy

 

 

Control

Control

ticated?

Exists?

Exists?

Action

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Force

Enabled

No

No

Don’t

MAC performs authentication.

Unauthoriz

 

 

 

Care

Frames are discarded.

ation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Force

Disabled

Don’t

Don’t

Don’t

Neither method performs

Unauthoriz

 

Care

Care

Care

 

authentication.

ation

 

 

 

 

Frames are discarded.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.4.4MAC Authentication Control

This global variable can be set to enabled or disabled.

If set to enabled, then

a.MAC Authentication is active on those ports whose individual port-enabled variable is set to enabled.

b.All session and statistic information is reset to defaults.

c.Any MAC addresses currently locked to ports are unlocked.

If set to disabled, then

a.MAC Authentication stops for all ports.

b.All active sessions are terminated with the cause portAdminDisabled.

c.All policies are applied to ports as a result of a MAC Authentication reverting to the ports default policy, if any.

d.All ports currently authenticated using 802.1X, are unaffected.

e.Any 802.1X ports, which were set to forced-unauth, revert back to discarding all frames regardless of the MAC Authentication state.

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