Managing SecurID

Example: Including the Realm Name

If your realm name has to be included when the access server sends messages to SecurID, issue the command shown in the following example:

LOCAL> CHANGE SECURID REALM realm-nameINCLUDE

For most usage, you will not want to include the realm name. If you do, each entry in the SecurID users file will have to appear as “ user-name@realm-name instead of simply “ user-name”.

If a user has to be called back, this value is derived from User-Service-Type when specified. If it is not specified, then realm defaults/port defaults can apply:

Example: Defining Realm Default Authorization Attributes

LOCAL> CHANGE SECURID REALM JONAS.COM PERMISSIONS (DIALBACK)

LOCAL> CHANGE SECURID REALM JONAS.COM CALLBACK ENABLED DIALBACK

NUMBER "1-800-555-1111"

Example: Defining Password Authentication Type

LOCAL> CHANGE SECURID REALM JONAS.COM ACCESS FRAMED

Note

The value NONE should be read as unspecified. This allows the port configuration to determine the access whenever the SecurID realm default does not specify one or more authorization attribute.

SecurID User Authorizations

Optional authorizations can come from the SecurID user description which is defined specifically for a particular SecurID implementation. It is possible to define realm defaults, within the access server. The ultimate value for an authorization attribute may come from one of three sources: the SecurID, the realm defaults, or port characteristics, in that order of precedence. The choices for such features are:

For each SecurID realm name you define, you can set various authorization attributes for that realm. These values serve as defaults at the realm level. This means, that when a SecurID user tries to login to the access server, these values will be assigned to authorization attributes. If the user does not provide the attribute default in the realm, then the access server’s port characteristics are used if they have been previously defined.

One of the legal settings of the attributes in the realm is NONE. This special value connotes unspecified. In this case, when a user attempts to log in, if the value is not specified in the SecurID entry for the user name, and has the value NONE in the REALM, then the PORT configuration parameter assigns the corresponding value.

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