Configuring a grace period for an expired passcode, Disabling and re-enabling passcode logging – Brocade FastIron Ethernet Switch Security Configuration Guide User Manual

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hh:mm is the hour and minutes. If you do not enter a value for hh:mm , by default, passcodes will be
refreshed at 00:00 (12:00 midnight). You can configure up to 24 refresh times. Each must be at least
five minutes apart.

Enter the no form of the command to remove the passcode refresh time of day.

Resetting the passcode refresh time of day configuration

If the FastIron switch is configured to refresh passcodes several times during the day (time of day
configuration), you can use the following comand to delete all of the configured times and revert back
to the default time of 00:00 (12 midnight).

device(config-vlan-10-webauth)# auth-mode passcode refresh-type time delete-all

Syntax: auth-mode passcode refresh-type time delete-all

Configuring a grace period for an expired passcode

You can optionally configure a grace period for an expired passcode. The grace period is the period of
time that a passcode will remain valid, even after a new passcode is generated. For example, if a five
minute grace period is set and the passcode 1234 is refreshed to 5678, both passcodes will be valid
for five minutes, after which the 1234 passcode will expire and the 5678 passcode will remain in effect.

To configure the grace period for an expired passcode, enter a command such as the following.

device(config-vlan-10-webauth)# auth-mode passcode grace-period 5

Syntax: auth-mode passcode grace-period value

value is a number between 0 and 5 minutes. 0 means there is no grace period.

NOTE
If the grace period is re-configured while a passcode is already in the grace period, the passcode is
not affected by the configuration change. The new grace period will apply only to passcodes that
expire after the new grace period is set.

Flushing all expired passcodes that are in the grace period

You can delete old passcodes that have expired but are still valid because they are in the grace
period. This feature is useful in situations where the old passcodes have been compromised but are
still valid because of the grace period. This feature does not affect current valid passcodes or
passcodes that newly expire.

To flush out all expired passcodes that are currently in the grace period, enter the following command.

device(config-vlan-10-webauth)# auth-mode passcode flush-expired

Syntax: auth-mode passcode flush-expired

Disabling and re-enabling passcode logging

The software generates a Syslog message and SNMP trap message every time a new passcode is
generated and passcode authentication is attempted,. This is the default behavior. If desired, you can
disable passcode-related Syslog messages or SNMP trap messages, or both.

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