Portal Overview; Introduction To Portal; Introduction To Extended Portal - 3Com MSR 50 Series Configuration Manual

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Portal Overview

Introduction to Portal

Introduction to
Extended Portal
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ORTAL ONFIGURATION
When configuring portal, go to these sections for information you are interested
in:
"Portal Overview" on page 1851
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"Portal Configuration Task List" on page 1857
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"Displaying and Maintaining Portal" on page 1860
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"Portal Configuration Examples (on Routers)" on page 1861
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"Troubleshooting Portal" on page 1870
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Unless otherwise noted, or the portal mentioned in this paper refers to a portal.
Portal authentication, as its name implies, helps control access to the Internet.
Portal authentication is also called web authentication and a website
implementing portal authentication is called a portal website.
With portal authentication implemented, the access device forces any user to log
into the portal website at first. A user can access the free services provided on the
portal website; but to access the Internet, the user must pass portal authentication
on the portal website.
A user can access a known portal website, enter username and password for
authentication. This authentication mode is called active authentication. There is
still another authentication mode, namely forced authentication, in which the
access device forces a user trying to access the Internet through HTTP to log in to a
portal website for authentication.
The portal feature provides the flexibility for Internet services providers (ISPs) to
manage services. A portal website can, for example, present advertisements, and
deliver community services and personalized services. In this way, broadband
network providers, equipment providers, and content service providers form an
industrial ecological system.
Extended Portal is also known as portal+.
By forcing access devices to implement patches and anti-virus policies, portal+
improves the active virus-defending capability of access devices.
The enhancements of portal+ authentication are: