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Brocade Mobility Access Point System Reference Guide (Supporting software release 5.5.0.0 and later) User Manual

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FIGURE 11

Security - Device Fingerprinting - Client Signature screen

Provide the following information for each device signature:

Index

Use the spinner control to assign an index for this signature. A maximum of 16 signatures
can be created in each Client Identity.

Message Type

Use the drop-down menu to designate the DHCP message to look for the signatures.

request – look for signature in the DHCP request messages.

discover – look for signature in the DHCP discover messages.

Match Option

The Match Option field contains the following options:

Option Codes – This indicates that the Option Codes passed in the DHCP
request/discover message is used for matching.

Options are passed in the DHCP discover/request messages as Option Code, Option Type,
Option Value
sets. When Option Codes is selected, all the Option Code passed in the DHCP
discover/request are extracted and a fingerprint is derived. This derived fingerprint is used
to identify the device.

Option – This indicates that a specific DHCP Option is used to identify the device.
When this option is selected, a text box is enable to input the DHCP Option that is
used for fingerprinting.