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HTTP Administration
NOTE: A restart is required after setting or changing ANY Telnet/Web configurations. See Performing a warm boot on
page 35 for more information.
Enabling and disabling HTTP support
The Set HTTP command is used to enable or disable HTTP support.
To enable or disable HTTP support:
At the Sentry: prompt, type set http, followed by enabled or disabled and press Enter.
Changing the HTTP server port
With HTTP support enabled, the HTTP server watches and responds to requests on the default HTTP port
number 80. This port number may be changed using the Set HTTP Port command.
To change the HTTP port:
At the Sentry: prompt, type set http port, followed by the port number and press Enter.
Example
The following changes the HTTP port number to 2048:
Sentry: set HTTP port 2048<Enter>
Setting the HTTP authentication method
The Set HTTP Security command is used to set the method of authentication. The Sentry HTTP server
supports two authentication methods for security and validation of the username-password – Basic and MD5
digest.
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To set the HTTP authentication method:
At the Sentry: prompt, type set http security, followed by basic or md5 and press Enter.
Telnet Administration
NOTE: A restart of the Sentry is required after setting or changing ANY Telnet/Web configurations. See Performing a
warm boot on page 35 for more information.
Enabling and disabling Telnet support
The Set Telnet command is used to enable or disable Telnet support.
To enable or disable Telnet support:
At the Sentry: prompt, type set telnet, followed by enabled or disabled and press Enter.
Changing the Telnet port
With Telnet support enabled, the Telnet server watches and responds to requests on the default Telnet port
number 23. This port number may be changed using the Set Telnet Port command.
To change the Telnet socket:
At the Sentry: prompt, type set telnet port, followed by the port number and press Enter.
Example
The following changes the Telnet port number to 7001:
Sentry: set telnet port 7001<Enter>
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