Restricting remote access to management functions – Brocade BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide User Manual

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Restricting remote access to management functions

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Restricting remote access to management functions

You can restrict access to management functions from remote sources, including Telnet, the Web
management interface, and SNMP. The following methods for restricting remote access are
supported:

Using ACLs to restrict Telnet, Web management interface, or SNMP access

Allowing remote access only from specific IP addresses

Allowing remote access only to clients connected to a specific VLAN

Web management access

SNMP read or read-write
community strings

Regulate Web management access
using ACLs

page 57

Allow Web management access only
from specific IP addresses

page 60

Allow Web management access only to
clients connected to a specific VLAN

page 61

Disable Web management access

page 62

Configure SSL security for the Web
management interface

page 73

Set up local user accounts

page 67

Establish SNMP read or read-write
community strings for SNMP versions 1
and 2

page 1095

Establishing user groups for SNMP
version 3

page 1100

Configure TACACS and TACACS+
security

page 75

Configure RADIUS security

page 91

SNMP (network management
system) access

SNMP read or read-write
community strings and
the password to the
Super User privilege
level
NOTE: SNMP read or

read-write
community
strings are
always required
for SNMP access
to the device.

Regulate SNMP access using ACLs

page 58

Allow SNMP access only from specific
IP addresses

page 60

Disable SNMP access

page 63

Allow SNMP access only to clients
connected to a specific VLAN

page 61

Establish passwords to management
levels of the CLI

page 64

Set up local user accounts

page 67

Establish SNMP read or read-write
community strings

page 75

TFTP access

Not secured

Allow TFTP access only to clients
connected to a specific VLAN

page 61

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Ways to secure management access to the device (Continued)

Access method

How the access method is
secured by default

Ways to secure the access method

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