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Authentication

Authentication versus encryption

You can select to use security features for the Network Management Card

that control access by providing basic authentication through user names,

passwords, and

IP addresses, without using encryption. These basic

security features are sufficient for most environments in which sensitive

data are not being transferred.

For a security method that provides additional authentication for the Web

interface, but does not provide the higher security of encryption, use

Message Digest 5 (MD5) Authentication.

To ensure that data and communication between the Network Management

Card and the client interfaces, such as the control console and the Web

interface, cannot be intercepted, you can provide a greater level of security

by using one or more of the following encryption-based methods:

• For the Web interface, use the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and

Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols. You can also use these

protocols in combination with MD5 authentication.

• To encrypt user names and passwords for control console access, use

the Secure SHell (SSH) protocol.

• To encrypt user names, passwords, and data for the secure transfer of

files, use the Secure CoPy (SCP) protocol.

See MD5 authentication (for the Web interface)

For more information on these protocols for encryption-

based security, see Secure SHell (SSH) and Secure CoPy

(SCP) and Secure Socket Layer (SSL)/Transport Layer

Security (TLS)

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