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Configuring Web-Based Proxy Authentication
To specify the duration of the quiet period, perform this task in privileged mode:
Task
Specify the quiet period.
This example shows how to specify the quiet period:
Console> (enable) set web-auth quiet-timeout 20
web-authentication quiet-timeout set to 20 seconds.
Console> (enable)
Specifying the Maximum Login Attempts
You can specify the maximum number of unsuccessful login attempts allowed before blocking the user.
To specify the maximum number of login attempts, perform this task in privileged mode:
Task
Specify the maximum number of login attempts.
This example shows how to specify the maximum number of login attempts:
Console> (enable) set web-auth login-attempts
web-authentication max retry count set to <count>
Console> (enable)
Displaying Web-Based Proxy Authentication Information
This section describes how you can display the following web-based proxy authentication information:
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Displaying Summary of Session Information
If you specify the vlan vlan_id keyword and argument, a summary of information for the specified
VLAN is displayed.
In the command output display, the following applies:
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To display a summary of information about the web-based proxy authentication session, perform this
task in normal mode:
Task
Display a summary of information for the
web-based proxy authentication session.
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Displaying Per-Port Information, page 42-14
The * indicates the RADIUS assigned value.
The State field displays the current web-authentication state for the given host.
Command
set web-auth quiet-timeout seconds
Command
set web-auth login-attempts count
Command
show web-auth summary [vlan vlan_id]
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