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ProSafe Wireless-N 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N

4.In the Extended Authentication section on the screen, complete the settings as explained in the following table:

Table 55. Extended authentication settings for IPv4 and IPv6

Setting

Description

Select one of the following radio buttons to specify whether Extended Authentication (XAUTH) is enabled, and, if enabled, which device is used to verify user account information:

•None. XAUTH is disabled. This the default setting.

•Edge Device. The wireless VPN firewall functions as a VPN concentrator on which one or more gateway tunnels terminate. The authentication modes that are available for this configuration are User Database, RADIUS PAP, and RADIUS CHAP.

•IPSec Host. The wireless VPN firewall functions as a VPN client of the remote gateway. In this configuration, the wireless VPN firewall is authenticated by a remote gateway with a user name and password combination.

Authentication	For an Edge Device configuration, from the drop-down list, select one of the following
Type	authentication types:

•User Database. XAUTH occurs through the wireless VPN firewall’s user database. You can add users on the Add User screen (see User Database Configuration on page 240).

•Radius PAP. XAUTH occurs through RADIUS Password Authentication Protocol (PAP).

The local user database is first checked. If the user account is not present in the local user database, the wireless VPN firewall connects to a RADIUS server. For more information, see RADIUS Client and Server Configuration on page 240.

•Radius CHAP. XAUTH occurs through RADIUS Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP). For more information, see RADIUS Client and Server Configuration on page 240.

Username	The user name for XAUTH.
Password	The password for XAUTH.

5.Click Apply to save your settings.

User Database Configuration

When XAUTH is enabled in an Edge Device configuration, users need to be authenticated either by a local user database account or by an external RADIUS server. Whether or not you use a RADIUS server, you might want some users to be authenticated locally. These users need to be added to the List of Users table on the Users screen, as described in Configure User Accounts on page 303.

RADIUS Client and Server Configuration

Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS, RFC 2865) is a protocol for managing authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) of multiple users in a network. A RADIUS server stores a database of user information and can validate a user at the request of a gateway or server in the network when a user requests access to network resources. During the establishment of a VPN connection, the VPN gateway can interrupt the process with an XAUTH request. At that point, the remote user needs to provide authentication

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