Technical data

Introducing the Technician Interface

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If you enable this feature on a router, you enter in addition to a login entry a

SecurID PASSCODE

™

after the Passcode prompt, as follows:

<User

Manager>

Password:

(if enabled)

Passcode:

If your SecurID administrator enables the SecurID client on a router you need to

access, you see the Passcode prompt at login time. When you enter a valid

PASSCODE, you receive Technician Interface login privileges to the router. You

receive on your Telnet access screen the Technician Interface login prompt, $: (or

whatever your network administrator selects for the Telnet login prompt).

Each User or Manager authorized to access a router configured with an active

SecurID client must have an electronic SecurID card issued by Security

Dynamics, Inc. Security Dynamics programs each card with a personal

identification number (PIN) to uniquely identify its prospective owner, and then

assigns the card for exclusive use by that person only.

If you do not have an assigned PIN, the SecurID client on the router also prompts

you through a routine for PIN assignment. (The SecurID administrator for your

network must first configure the ID system to allow you to access the PIN

assignment feature.) The SecurID administrator can enable you either to select

your own PIN, or to accept a system-generated PIN.

The SecurID card uses an internal algorithm to electronically generate temporary

“cardcodes.” Before allowing you to access the Technician Interface of a router,

the SecurID client requires you to enter your PIN, followed by the current

cardcode from your SecurID card.

The SecurID server on your network either:

• Recognizes your PASSCODE and grants access to the router’s Technician

Interface

• Does not recognize your PASSCODE and denies access to the router’s

Technician Interface