ForeRunner ATM Switch Network Configuration Manual
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CHAPTER 8
Security
ForeThought software (that is version 5.0.x or greater) provides various forms of switch secu-
rity. Security can be implemented by creating userids. There are also security methods that
prevent access to the switch, which include IP filtering and NSAP filtering. Each of these secu-
rity methods is described in the following sections.
8.1 Configuring Userids
The network administrator creates and assigns a userid for each user or for a group of users via
the
conf
security
login
new
command in the ATM Management Interface (AMI). (See the
AMI Configuration Commands Reference Manual for more information about this command.) A
userid consists of the following:
•
a method of login authentication
•
a level of AMI command privileges
•
a level of AMI access levels
•
an optional password
On a new switch running ForeThought 5.0.x or greater, there are two separate default userids:
ami
and
asx
. Both are configured with the
local
authentication method, with
admin
privi-
leges (meaning you are allowed to use all AMI commands), and
all
access (meaning you are
allowed to login to the switch using all the possible methods). Both userids are assigned a null
password.
The network administrator should configure userids for all people who will have access to
each switch. Changing a userid only changes it in the switch’s local
login
file. If the adminis-
trator wants to use the same set of userids on each switch in the network, he or she should
configure the entire set of userids on any one switch. Then, he or she can backup the
login
file to a host using the
conf
security
login
backup
command. Then, the administrator
can copy the
login
file to each of the other switches in the network using the
conf
security
login
restore
command on each switch. (See the AMI Configuration Commands
Reference Manual for more information about these commands.)
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