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Using the Security page
The Security page lets you configure access to the Manager UI. You can set
administrator and guest IDs and passwords (guests have read-only access) for the
selected node.
▼Reaching the Security page
1Be sure you are in configure mode. If not, click the CONFIGURE tab.
2Click the Security page button.
The following table describes the Manager access options.
Using the Routing page
The Routing page lets you configure the following:
✔HTTP parent caching
✔Internet Caching Protocol (ICP) support
✔Server acceleration (reverse proxy service)
From the Routing page, you can also check if transparency and WCCP are
enabled.
Option Description
Authentication
(basic) on/off
Enables or disables authentication. Leave authentication
on to check the administrator ID and password whenever a
user logs on to the Manager UI.
Administrator’s ID Specifies the administrator login ID. (The ID is not checked
if you turn authentication off.) The administrator has access
to both configure and monitor pages in the Manager UI.
Change
administrator’s
password
Allows you to change the administrator password. Clicking
the link displays the Change Administrator’s Password
page where you can enter and validate a new password.
(The password is not checked if you turn authentication
off).
Guest ID Specifies the guest login ID. Guests can access only the
monitor pages of the Manager UI. The guest login ID is
static for all guests.
Change guest
password
Allows you to change the guest password. Clicking the link
displays the Change Guest’s Password page where you
can enter and validate a new password.