Enabling clients, Windows 2000, Enabling chap – HP StorageWorks 2.128 SAN Director Switch User Manual

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Configuring standard security features

Enabling clients

Clients are the switches that use the RADIUS server; each client must be defined. By default, all IP

addresses are blocked.
On dual-CP switches (Core Switch 2/64, SAN Director 2/128, and 4/256 SAN Director), the switch

sends its RADIUS request using the IP address of the active CP. When adding clients, add both the active

and standby CP IP addresses so that users can still log in, in case of a failover.

1.

Open the

$PREFIX/etc/raddb/client.config

file in a text editor and add the switches that are

to be configured as RADIUS clients.
For example, to configure the switch at IP address 10.32.170.59 as a client:

In this example,

shortname

is an alias used to easily identify the client and

Secret

is the shared

secret between the client and server. Make sure that the shared secret matches that configured on the

switch (see

Adding a RADIUS server to the switch configuration

” on page 51).

2.

Save the file

$PREFIX/etc/raddb/client.config

and then start the RADIUS server as follows:

$PREFIX/sbin/radiusd

Windows 2000

Configuring RADIUS service on Windows 2000 consists of the following tasks:

Installing Internet Authentication Service (IAS). For more information and instructions on installing IAS,

see the Microsoft® web site.

Enabling the Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP). If CHAP authentication is

required, Windows must be configured to store passwords with reversible encryption. Reverse

password encryption is not the default behavior; it must be enabled.

NOTE:

If a user is configured prior to enabling reverse password encryption, the user’s password is

stored and cannot use CHAP. To use CHAP, the password must be reentered after encryption is enabled.

If the password is not reentered, CHAP authentication does not work and the user is then unable to

authenticate from the switch.

Configuring a user: IAS is the Microsoft implementation of a RADIUS server and proxy

.

IAS uses the

Windows native user database to verify user login credentials; it does not list specific users, but

instead lists user groups. Each user group should be associated with a specific switch login role. For

example, configure a user group for root, admin, factory, switchAdmin, and user, and then add any

users whose logins you want to associate to the appropriate group.

Enabling CHAP

1.

From the Windows Start menu, select Programs > Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy to open

the Local Security Settings window.

2.

In the Local Security Settings window, expand the Account Policies folder and select the Password

Policy folder.

3.

From the list of policies in the Password Policy folder, right-click Store password using reversible

encryption for all users in the domain, and select Security from the pop-up menu.
An additional Local Security Settings window opens.

4.

Select the Enabled radio button and then click OK.

client 10.32.170.59

secret

= Secret

shortname

= Testing Switch

nastype

= other

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