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Securid, Overview field descriptions – Perle Systems 5500161-40 User Manual

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Authentication

SecurID

Overview

If you need to reset the SecurID secret, select

Tools

,

Reset

,

Reset SecurID Node Secret

.

Field Descriptions

Configure the following parameters:

Primary/Master
Host

Replica/Slave Host

UDP Port

Encryption Type

s

Legacy

Accounting
Secondary Host

The secondary TACACS+ host that is used for accounting, should the primary
accounting TACACS+ host fail to respond.

Default: None

Accounting Port

The port number that TACACS+ listens to for accounting requests.

Default: 49

Accounting Secret

The TACACS+ shared secret is used to encrypt/decrypt TACACS+ packets in
communications between two devices. The shared secret may be any
alphanumeric string. Each shared secret must be configured on both client and
server sides.

The first SecurID server that is tried for user authentication.

Default: None

If the first SecurID server does not respond to an authentication request, this is
the next SecurID server that is tried for user authentication.

Default: None

The port number that SecurID listens to for authentication requests.

Default: 5500

The type of encryption that will be used for SecurID server communication.

Data Options: DES, SDI

Default: SDI

If you are running SecurID 3.x or 4.x, you need to run in

Legacy Mode

. If you

are running SecurID 5.x or above, do not select

Legacy Mode

.

Default: Disabled