Introduction; Overview Of Access Security Features - ProCurve 2600 Series Getting Started

Getting Started

Introduction

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Introduction
This Access Security Guide describes how to use ProCurve's switch security
features to protect access to your switch. This guide is intended to support
the following switches:
ProCurve Series 2600
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■ ProCurve Series 2600-PWR
■ ProCurve Series 2800
■ ProCurve Series 4100gl
ProCurve Switch 6108
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For an overview of other product documentation for the above switches, refer
to "Product Documentation" on page xi.
The Product Documentation CD-ROM shipped with the switch includes a
copy of this guide. You can also download a copy from the ProCurve website,
http://www.procurve.com.

Overview of Access Security Features

The access security features covered in this guide include:
Local Manager and Operator Passwords (page 2-1): Control
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access and privileges for the CLI, menu, and web browser interfaces.
■ TACACS+ Authentication (page 4-1): Uses an authentication appli-
cation on a server to allow or deny access to a switch.
■ RADIUS Authentication and Accounting (page 5-1): Like
TACACS+, uses an authentication application on a central server to
allow or deny access to the switch. RADIUS also provides accounting
services for sending data about user activity and system events to a
RADIUS server.
Secure Shell (SSH) Authentication (page 6-1): Provides
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encrypted paths for remote access to switch management functions.