Cisco Catalyst 2960-XR User Manual

CHAPTER 16
Configuring Web-Based Authentication
This chapter describes how to configure web-based authentication on the switch. It contains these sections:
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Finding Feature Information, page 301
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Information About Web-Based Authentication, page 301
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How to Configure Web-Based Authentication, page 310
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Monitoring Web-Based Authentication Status, page 323
Finding Feature Information
Your software release may not support all the features documented in this module. For the latest feature
information and caveats, see the release notes for your platform and software release.
Use Cisco Feature Navigator to find information about platform support and Cisco software image support.
To access Cisco Feature Navigator, go to http://www.cisco.com/go/cfn. An account on Cisco.com is not
required.
Information About Web-Based Authentication
Use the web-based authentication feature, known as web authentication proxy, to authenticate end users on
host systems that do not run the IEEE 802.1x supplicant.
You can configure web-based authentication on Layer 2 and Layer 3 interfaces.Note
When you initiate an HTTP session, web-based authentication intercepts ingress HTTP packets from the host
and sends an HTML login page to the users. The users enter their credentials, which the web-based
authentication feature sends to the authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) server for authentication.
If authentication succeeds, web-based authentication sends a Login-Successful HTML page to the host and
applies the access policies returned by the AAA server.
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Cisco Catalyst 2960-XR Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	Catalyst 2960-XR
Category	Switch
Language	English