Securing Access To The Switch - Nortel Alteon OS 42C4911 Application Manual

Securing Access to the Switch

Secure switch management is needed for environments that perform significant management
functions across the Internet. The following are some of the functions for secured manage-
ment:
Authentication and authorization of remote administrators: see
and Authorization" on page 44
Encryption of management information exchanged between the remote administrator and
the switch: see
The following sections are addressed in this section:
"RADIUS Authentication and Authorization" on page 44
"TACACS+ Authentication" on page 48
"LDAP Authentication and Authorization" on page 53
"Secure Shell and Secure Copy" on page 55
"End User Access Control" on page 61
42C4911, January 2007
"Secure Shell and Secure Copy" on page 55
Alteon OS Application Guide
"RADIUS Authentication
Chapter 1: Accessing the Switch 43