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Chapter 4 Using Security Features
Remote Annex Server Tools for Windows NT
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User Guide
Backup Security
If you configure port server, CLI, VCLI, and PPP security to use Windows
NT
®
domain names and passwords, and the ACP security server is not
available, the Remote Annex uses its locally stored password parameters
to restrict user access. These parameters settings serve as backup
security.To use backup security, you must set the parameters listed in the
following table.
For additional sources of information about back-up security and
settings for these parameters, please refer to Document References
on page 1-6.
When or If... The...
the maximum number of retries
(10 by default) is reached without
a response from the server,
attempt to authenticate against the
primary server fails and ERPCD/ACP
attempts to authenticate against the
backup server (if defined).
no response is received from the
backup server,
user is rejected.
an accounting fail-over occurs,
the server remains the same until,
failure of the backup server.
both the accounting primary
server and backup fail,
the acp_logfile records RADIUS
accounting.
For: Back-up Security uses:
Port Server port_password
Incoming Port port_password
VCLI vcli_password