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Chapter 4
Configuration via the Command Line Interface
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4.2 Peer: Authentication Attribute
What is ... Two main methods for user authentication are supported in the SpeedTouch™:
 pre-shared key
 certificates
The user authentication parameters used for IKE negotiations are bundled in a
descriptor with a symbolic name.
This is called the Authentication Attribute. For pre-shared key authentication, this
attribute holds the pre-shared key. For authentication with certificates it simply
indicates the authentication method. The Authentication Attribute parameters are
explained in section
4.2.1 .
How is it used An Authentication Attribute is required as one of the parameters to successfully
create an operational peer. The peer refers to the Authentication attribute by its
symbolic name. So, as an initial preparatory step to define an operational peer, a
valid Authentication Attribute is created.
In this section The following topics are discussed in this section:
Topic Page
4.2.1 Authentication Attribute Parameters 105
4.2.2 List all Authentication Attributes 106
4.2.3 Create a New Authentication Attribute 107
4.2.4 Set or Modify the Authentication Attribute Parameters 108
4.2.5 Delete an Authentication attribute 109