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Chapter
6
Security API Reference
In this chapter
•Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559
•Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559
•Data structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610
•Enumerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664
Overview
The Security Application Programming Interface (API) defined in this chapter contains all the
methods and data structures used for security management.
Methods
Security - Access Control Lists
Description
An Access Control List (ACL) specifies which user or system process is granted access to objects, as
well as which operation is allowed on a specified object. Each entry in an ACL specifies a subject
and an operation. The following APIs configure ACLs to provide security functions on the ServerIron
ADX switch.
addAclRules
Description
Adds the deny or permit rules to access control lists.
Parameters
Table 1 contains the parameters required for the method.
Error messages
List of Error Messages
TABLE 1 Parameters
Name Type Presence Rules Description
aclList Acl[] Mandatory List of ACL entries.