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Restricting remote access to management functions
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Restricting remote access to management functions
You can restrict access to management functions from remote sources, including Telnet, the Web
management interface, and SNMP. The following methods for restricting remote access are
supported:
• Using ACLs to restrict Telnet, Web management interface, or SNMP access
• Allowing remote access only from specific IP addresses
• Allowing remote access only to clients connected to a specific VLAN
Web management access SNMP read or read-write
community strings
Regulate Web management access
using ACLs
page 57
Allow Web management access only
from specific IP addresses
page 60
Allow Web management access only to
clients connected to a specific VLAN
page 61
Disable Web management access page 62
Configure SSL security for the Web
management interface
page 73
Set up local user accounts page 67
Establish SNMP read or read-write
community strings for SNMP versions 1
and 2
page 1095
Establishing user groups for SNMP
version 3
page 1100
Configure TACACS and TACACS+
security
page 75
Configure RADIUS security page 91
SNMP (network management
system) access
SNMP read or read-write
community strings and
the password to the
Super User privilege
level
NOTE: SNMP read or
read-write
community
strings are
always required
for SNMP access
to the device.
Regulate SNMP access using ACLs page 58
Allow SNMP access only from specific
IP addresses
page 60
Disable SNMP access page 63
Allow SNMP access only to clients
connected to a specific VLAN
page 61
Establish passwords to management
levels of the CLI
page 64
Set up local user accounts page 67
Establish SNMP read or read-write
community strings
page 75
TFTP access Not secured Allow TFTP access only to clients
connected to a specific VLAN
page 61
TABLE 35 Ways to secure management access to the device (Continued)
Access method How the access method is
secured by default
Ways to secure the access method See page