Sidewinder G2 6.1.2 Administration Guide - Glossary of Technical ...

Figure 7: Admin Console
Login window
Chapter 2: Administrator’s Overview
Admin Console basics
Connecting to a Sidewinder G2 via the Admin Console
To connect to a specific Sidewinder G2, select the appropriate icon from the
Admin Console tree and then click Connect. The login window appears.
Connecting to a Sidewinder G2
The first time you attempt to connect to a Sidewinder G2 using the Admin
Console, a pop-up window appears presenting you with the firewall certificate
that will be used for all subsequent administrative connections. To accept the
certificate, click Yes.
If you want to verify the certificate before accepting it, you will need to obtain
the certificate fingerprint before you log into the Admin Console. To obtain the
certificate fingerprint, log into the Sidewinder G2 via command line and enter
the srole command to change to the admin role. (If you have not configured
remote access, you will need to attach a monitor and keyboard directly to your
Sidewinder G2.) Enter the following command:
cf cert view fw name=cert_name
The contents of the certificate are displayed. The certificate fingerprint is
located at the bottom of the certificate directly beneath the
END CERTIFICATE identifier. This fingerprint can be used to verify the
fingerprint that is displayed when you initially connect to the Sidewinder G2 via
the Admin Console.
To log into a Sidewinder G2, follow the steps below.
1 In the Username field, enter your Sidewinder G2 user name.
2 In the Authentication Method drop-down list, select the appropriate
authentication method for the Sidewinder G2 to which you are connecting.
Valid options include a simple password or a more sophisticated method
such as SafeWord, SecurID, SNK, RADIUS, LDAP, or Microsoft NT.
Note: All methods other than the password method require access to a
separate authentication server.
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