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Login methods
Login methods
HP Series High-End Firewalls support the following login methods:
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Local login through the console port
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Remote login through an Ethernet port or through Telnet/SSH
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Remote login through the AUX port
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Login through the web interface
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NMS login
In addition to these login methods, HP firewall modules also support login from the network device (a
switch or router) that accommodates the firewall module.
Table 1
Login methods
Login method
Default state
By default, you can log in to a device through the console port, the
authentication mode is None (no username or password required), and the user
privilege level is 3.
By default, you cannot log in to a device through Telnet. To do so, log in to the
device through the console port, and complete the following configuration:
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Enable the Telnet function.
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Configure the IP address of the management Ethernet interface of the device,
and make sure that your device and the Telnet client can reach each other (by
default, the IP address of the management Ethernet interface is
192.168.0.1/24).
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Configure the authentication mode of VTY login users (scheme by default).
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Configure the user privilege level of VTY login users (0 by default).
By default, you cannot log in to a device through SSH. To do so, log in to the
device through the console port, and complete the following configuration:
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Enable the SSH function and configure SSH attributes.
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Configure the IP address of the management Ethernet interface of the device,
and make sure that your device and the SSH client can reach each other (by
default, the IP address of the management Ethernet interface is
192.168.0.1/24).
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Configure the authentication mode of VTY login users as
scheme
(
scheme
by
default).
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Configure the user privilege level of VTY login users (0 by default).
By default, you cannot log in to a device through the AUX port. To do so, log in
to the device through the console port, and complete the following
configuration:
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Configure the password for the default password authentication mode, or
change the authentication mode and configure parameters for the new
authentication mode.
The default user privilege level of AUX login users is 0.