Configuring The Local Portal Web Server Feature; Customizing Authentication Pages - HP FlexNetwork 10500 Series Security Configuration Manual

Configuring the local portal Web server feature

To perform local portal authentication for users, perform the following tasks:
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Configure a local portal Web server.
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Configure a name for the portal Web server and specify a local IP address of the device as the
server's URL.
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Enable portal authentication on the user access interface.
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Specify the portal Web server on the portal-enabled interface.
During local portal authentication, the local Web portal server pushes authentication pages to users.
You must customize the authentication pages and upload them to the device. On the device, specify
an authentication page file as the default authentication page file for local portal authentication.

Customizing authentication pages

Authentication pages are HTML files. Local portal authentication requires the following
authentication pages:
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Logon page
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Logon success page
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Logon failure page
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Online page
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System busy page
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Logoff success page
You must customize the authentication pages, including the page elements that the authentication
pages will use, for example, back.jpg for authentication page Logon.htm.
Follow the authentication page customization rules when you edit the authentication page files.
File name rules
The names of the main authentication page files are fixed (see
of the files other than the main authentication page files. File names and directory names are case
insensitive.
Table 13 Main authentication page file names
Main authentication page
Logon page
Logon success page
Logon failure page
Online page
Pushed after the user gets online for online notification
System busy page
Pushed when the system is busy or the user is in the logon process
Logoff success page
Page request rules
The local portal Web server supports only Get and Post requests.
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13). You can define the names
File name
logon.htm
logonSuccess.htm
logonFail.htm
online.htm
busy.htm
logoffSuccess.htm