States Of Authorized Users And Unauthorized Users - D-Link xStack DGS-3610 Series Configuration Manual

Chapter 37 Configuration of 802.1X
Figure 37-2
Work station
(client)
This is a typical authentication process initiated by users (in some special cases, the switch
can actively initiate authentication request, whose process is the same as that shown in the
diagram, except that it does not contain the step where the user actively initiates the
request).
37.1.3 States of Authorized Users and
Unauthorized Users
The 802.1X check whether the users on the port are allowed to access the network
according to the authentication status of the port. Since we expand the 802.1X based on
users, we check whether a user is allowed to access network resources according to the
authentication status of that user under a port. All users under an uncontrolled port can use
network resources, while those under a controlled port can access network resources only if
they are authorized. When a user just initiates an authentication request, its status is
unauthorized, in which case it cannot access the network. When the authentication is
passed, its status is changed to authorized, in which case it can use the network resources.
If the workstation does not support 802.1X while the machine is connected with the
controlled port, the workstation will not respond to the request due to no support when the
equipment requests the username of the user. This means that the user is still unauthorized
and cannot access the network resources.
On the contrary, if the client supports 802.1X and the connected switch does not: The
EAPOL-START frames from the user are not responded, and the user deems its connected
port as an uncontrolled port and directly uses network resources, when the user fails to
receive any response after it sends the specified number of EAPOL-START frames.
37-4
Switch
Authorized
Users
Unauthorized
Users
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