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Bridge GUI Guide: Security Configuration
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Click the User Entries frame’s DELETE button.
4 Click OK in the confirmation dialog.
Deleted accounts are removed from the
User Entries list.
4.3.3.2 Local Device Authentication
NOTE:
Device au-
thentication is sup-
ported only by the
authentication servers
internal to Fortress con-
troller devices; 3rd-par-
ty RADIUS servers do
not support device au-
thentication.
Fortress’s device authentication assigns each Fortress device,
including those running the Fortress Secure Client, a unique
Device ID subsequently used to authenticate the device for
access to the Fortress-secured network.
The Bridge’s native device authentication settings apply only to
devices authenticating through the Bridge’s internal
authentication server.
When device authentication is enabled, the Bridge detects
devices attempting to access the Bridge’s encrypted zone and
lists them on
Configure -> RADIUS Settings -> Local Server, in
the
Device Entries frame.
You can also manually add devices to the Bridge’s
Device
Entries list. In order to add a device manually, you must specify
its MAC address and Fortress-generated Device ID.
Default Device Authentication Settings
As devices auto-populate the Device Entries list., they are
permitted or denied immediate access to the network based on
the
Default Device State setting on the (Configure -> RADIUS)
Local Server tab:
Allow - devices will be allowed to connect by default.
Pending - (the default) connections require an administrator
to change individual device authentication settings to
Allow.
Deny - devices are not allowed on the network by default.
You can also configure whether user authentication is enabled
or disabled by default for auto-populating devices.
All
Local Authentication Server settings are described in Section
4.3.2).
To enable device authentication and configure defaults:
1 Log on to the Bridge GUI through an Administrator-level
account and select
ADVANCED VIEW in the upper right corner
of the page, then
Configure -> RADIUS Settings from the
menu on the left.
2 On the RADIUS Settings screen, click the Local Server tab.
3 In the Local Authentication Server frame:
Verify that Administrative State is Enabled and that Port
and
Shared Key are correctly configured (Section
4.3.2).
From the Default Device State dropdown choose a
default state (described above) for auto-populating
devices.