Advanced Authentication OptionsUsing the 8950 AAA Policy Assistant in Server
Management Tool
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365-360-001R6.0
Issue 1, December 2008
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Figure 9-20 Advanced Authentications Options
The Advanced Authentication Options window contains four tabs:
• Automatic Password Detection–Defines the password format types that can be
automatically detected by 8950 AAA.
• User Profile Options–Defines the options that 8950 AAA can read from the Auth-
Type attribute in the user’s profile.
• Tunneled EAP–Defines tunneled EAP types that the PolicyAssistant can process if
EAP tunneling is enabled.
• Transports–Defines password transport types that can be used by 8950 AAA.
Table 9-4 lists the options available for each tab.
Table 9-4 Advanced Authentication Option
Tab/Group/Option Description
Automatic Password Detection
• Local Password Detection
Automatically detect passwords stored within a user
profile
– Plain Text Password
Detect passwords using plain text format
–SHA
Detect passwords using SHA format
– Salted SHA
Detect passwords using Salted SHA format
