HP VPN Firewall Appliances Access Control Configuration Guide
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p
Command
Remarks
3. Specify HWTACACS
accounting servers.
• Specify the primary HWTACACS
accounting server:
primary accounting ip-address
[ port-number | vpn-instance
vpn-instance-name ] *
• Specify a secondary HWTACACS
accounting server:
secondary accounting ip-address
[ port-number | vpn-instance
vpn-instance-name ] *
Configure at least one command.
No accounting server is specified
by default.
4. Enable buffering of
stop-accounting requests to
which no responses are
received.
stop-accounting-buffer enable
Optional.
Enabled by default.
5. Set the maximum number of
stop-accounting attempts.
retry stop-accounting retry-times
Optional.
The default setting is 100.
You can remove an accounting server only when no active TCP connection for sending accounting
packets is using it.
Specifying the shared keys for secure HWTACACS communication
The HWTACACS client and HWTACACS server use the MD5 algorithm and a shared key pair for
password encryption.
To specify a shared key for secure HWTACACS communication:
Ste
p
Command
Remarks
1. Enter system view.
system-view N/A
2. Enter HWTACACS
scheme view.
hwtacacs scheme
hwtacacs-scheme-name
N/A
3. Specify a shared key for
secure HWTACACS
authentication,
authorization, or
accounting
communication.
key { accounting |
authentication |
authorization } [ cipher |
simple ] key
By default, no shared key is specified.
The shared key configured on the device must
be the same as the key configured on the
HWTACACS server.
In FIPS mode, you cannot set a plaintext key,
and the key must contain at least 8 characters
comprising uppercase and lowercase letters,
digits, and special characters.
Specifying a VPN for the HWTACACS scheme
You can specify a VPN for all the AAA servers in an HWTACACS scheme. However, the VPN has a
lower priority than those configured for individual HWTACACS servers.
To specify a VPN for an HWTACACS scheme:
Ste
p
Command
1. Enter system view.
system-view
2. Enter HWTACACS scheme view.
hwtacacs scheme hwtacacs-scheme-name