IronPort Systems 4108GL User Manual

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Using Passwords and TACACS+ To Protect Against Unauthorized Access

TACACS+ Authentication for Central Control of Switch Access Security

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To remove the 10.28.227.15 device as a TACACS+ server, you would use this
command:

HP4108(config)# no tacacs-server host 10.28.227.15

Configuring an Encryption Key.

Use an encryption key in the switch if the

switch will be requesting authentication from a TACACS+ server that also uses
an encryption key. (If the server expects a key, but the switch either does not
provide one, or provides an incorrect key, then the authentication attempt will
fail.) Use a global encryption key

if the same key applies to all TACACS+

servers the switch may use for authentication attempts. Use a per-server
encryption key

if different servers the switch may use will have different keys.

(For more details on encryption keys, see “Using the Encryption Key” on page
26.
)

To configure

north01

as a global encryption key:

HP4108(config) tacacs-server key north01

To configure

north01

as a per-server encryption key:

HP4108(config)tacacs-server host 10.28.227.63 key north01

An encryption key can contain up to 100 characters, without spaces, and is
likely to be case-sensitive in most TACACS+ server applications.

To delete a global encryption key from the switch, use this command:

HP4108(config)# no tacacs-server key

To delete a per-server encryption key in the switch, re-enter the tacacs-server
host command without the key parameter. For example, if you have

north01

configured as the encryption key for a TACACS+ server with the IP address
of 10.28.227.104 and you wanted to eliminate the key, you would use this
command:

HP4108(config)# tacacs-server host 10.28.227.104

N o t e

The show tacacs command lists the global encryption key, if configured.
However, to view any configured per-server encryption keys, you must use

show config

or

show config running

(if you have made TACACS+ configuration

changes without executing

write mem

).

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