HP ProCurve Switch 6120G/XG Manual page 402

Configuring Port-Based and User-Based Access Control (802.1X)
How RADIUS/802.1X Authentication Affects VLAN Operation
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Syntax: aaa port-access gvrp-vlans
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2. After you enable dynamic VLAN assignment in an authen-
tication session, it is recommended that you use the interface
unknown-vlans command on a per-port basis to prevent
denial-of-service attacks. The interface unknown-vlans com-
mand allows you to:
• Disable the port from sending advertisements of existing
GVRP-created VLANs on the switch.
• Drop all GVRP advertisements received on the port.
For more information, refer to the chapter on "GVRP" in the
Advanced Traffic Management Guide.
3. If you disable the use of dynamic VLANs in an
authentication session using the no aaa port-access gvrp-vlans
command, client sessions that were authenticated with a
dynamic VLAN continue and are not deauthenticated.
(This behavior differs form how static VLAN assignment is
handled in an authentication session. If you remove the
configuration of the static VLAN used to create a temporary
client session, the 802.1X, MAC, or Web authenticated client
is deauthenticated.)
However, if a RADIUS-configured dynamic VLAN used for
an authentication session is deleted from the switch through
normal GVRP operation (for example, if no GVRP
advertisements for the VLAN are received on any switch
port), authenticated clients using this VLAN are
deauthenticated.
Any port VLAN-ID changes you make on 802.1X-aware ports during an 802.1X-
authenticated session do not take effect until the session ends.
With GVRP enabled, a temporary, untagged static VLAN assignment created
on a port by 802.1X authentication is advertised as an existing VLAN. If this
temporary VLAN assignment causes the switch to disable a configured
(untagged) static VLAN assignment on the port, then the disabled VLAN
assignment is not advertised. When the 802.1X session ends, the switch:
■ Eliminates and ceases to advertise the temporary VLAN assignment.
Re-activates and resumes advertising the temporarily disabled VLAN
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assignment.