Configuring Tacacs - Cisco 500 series Administration Manual

Configuring Security

Configuring TACACS+

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Configuring TACACS+
Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide
If the Password Complexity Settings are enabled, the following parameters may
be configured:
• Minimal Password Length—Enter the minimal number of characters
required for passwords.
A zero-length password (no password) is allowed, and can still have
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password aging assigned to it.
• Allowed Character Repetition—Enter the number of times that a character
can be repeated.
• Minimal Number of Character Classes—Enter the number of character
classes which must be present in a password. Character classes are lower
case (1), upper case (2), digits (3), and symbols or special characters (4).
• The New Password Must Be Different than the Current One—If selected,
the new password cannot be the same as the current password upon a
password change.
Click Apply. The password settings are written to the Running Configuration file.
Configuring the username-password equivalence, and manufacturer-password
equivalence may be done through the CLI. See the CLI Reference Guide for further
instruction.
The switch is a Terminal Access Controller Access Control System (TACACS+)
client that can use a TACACS+ server to provide centralized security.
TACACS+ provides the following services:
• Authentication—Provides authentication of administrators logging onto the
switch by using usernames and user-defined passwords.
• Authorization—Performed at login. After the authentication session is
completed, an authorization session starts using the authenticated
username. The TACACS+ server then checks user privileges.
The TACACS+ protocol ensures network integrity, through encrypted protocol
exchanges between the device and the TACACS+ server.
TACACS+ is supported only with IPv4.
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