Cisco Secure Acs And Attribute-Value Pairs For Downloadable Acls; Vlan Id-Based Mac Authentication - Cisco Catalyst 3750-X Software Configuration Manual

Understanding IEEE 802.1x Port-Based Authentication
The switch uses the CiscoSecure-Defined-ACL AV pair to intercept an HTTP or HTTPS request from
the endpoint device. The switch then forwards the client web browser to the specified redirect address.
The url-redirect AV pair on the Cisco Secure ACS contains the URL to which the web browser is
redirected. The url-redirect-acl A V pair contains the name or number of an ACL that specifies the HTTP
or HTTPS traffic to redirect. Traffic that matches a permit ACE in the ACL is redirected.
Define the URL redirect ACL and the default port ACL on the switch.
Note
If a redirect URL configured for a client on the authentication server, a default port ACL on the
connected client switch port must also be configured

Cisco Secure ACS and Attribute-Value Pairs for Downloadable ACLs

You can set the CiscoSecure-Defined-ACL Attribute-Value (AV) pair on the Cisco Secure ACS with the
RADIUS cisco-av-pair vendor-specific attributes (VSAs). This pair specifies the names of the
downloadable ACLs on the Cisco Secure ACS with the #ACL#-IP-name-number attribute.
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If a downloadable ACL is configured for a client on the authentication server, a default port ACL on the
connected client switch port must also be configured.
If the default ACL is configured on the switch and the Cisco Secure ACS sends a host-access-policy to
the switch, it applies the policy to traffic from the host connected to a switch port. If the policy does not
apply, the switch applies the default ACL. If the Cisco Secure ACS sends the switch a downloadable
ACL, this ACL takes precedence over the default ACL that is configured on the switch port. However,
if the switch receives an host access policy from the Cisco Secure ACS but the default ACL is not
configured, the authorization failure is declared.
For configuration details, see the
802.1x Authentication with Downloadable ACLs and Redirect URLs" section on page

VLAN ID-based MAC Authentication

You can use VLAN ID-based MAC authentication if you wish to authenticate hosts based on a static
VLAN ID instead of a downloadable VLAN. When you have a static VLAN policy configured on your
switch, VLAN information is sent to an IAS (Microsoft) RADIUS server along with the MAC address
of each host for authentication. The VLAN ID configured on the connected port is used for MAC
authentication. By using VLAN ID-based MAC authentication with an IAS server, you can have a fixed
number of VLANs in the network.
The feature also limits the number of VLANs monitored and handled by STP.The network can be
managed as a fixed VLAN.
This feature is not supported on Cisco ACS Server. (The ACS server ignores the sent VLAN-IDs for new
Note
hosts and only authenticates based on the MAC address.)
For configuration information, see the
page
"Configuring MAC Authentication Bypass" section on page
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The name is the ACL name.
The number is the version number (for example, 3f783768).
11-63. Additional configuration is similar MAC authentication bypass, as described in the
Chapter 11
""Authentication Manager" section on page 11-8
"Configuring VLAN ID-based MAC Authentication" section on
Configuring IEEE 802.1x Port-Based Authentication
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