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Supported authentication methods<br />

9-6 Setting Up Authentication<br />

Below is a brief summary <strong>of</strong> the authentication methods supported by<br />

the <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong>.<br />

Standard password authentication<br />

Standard password authentication requires a user to enter the same<br />

password each time he or she logs on. This method typically is used<br />

for authenticating a user’s internal-to-external SOCKS5, Telnet, FTP,<br />

and Web connections, and local <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong> administrator log ins.<br />

Since the internal users are generally thought to be trusted, a weak<br />

authentication method is probably all that is required. You may want<br />

to authenticate internal-to-external connections not so much for<br />

security reasons but to track usage <strong>of</strong> the system.<br />

SafeWord authentication<br />

The SafeWord family <strong>of</strong> authentication servers that interoperate with<br />

the <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong> includes SafeWord RemoteAccess and SafeWord<br />

PremierAccess. The following table is provided as a reference to<br />

better understand the authentication capabilities each server, and the<br />

<strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong> authentication methods that are supported.<br />

Table 9-2. Authentication capabilities <strong>of</strong> SafeWord servers<br />

Feature/Capability<br />

<strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong> authentication<br />

methods supported<br />

SafeWord<br />

RemoteAccess<br />

SafeWord<br />

PremierAccess<br />

RADIUS only SafeWord & RADIUS<br />

Fixed passwords No Yes<br />

Dynamic passcodes w/o<br />

challenge<br />

Dynamic passcodes with<br />

challenge<br />

Hardware tokens only Hardware and<br />

s<strong>of</strong>tware tokens<br />

No Yes<br />

Location <strong>of</strong> user database Active Directory SafeWord<br />

Connectivity w/ the<br />

<strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong><br />

RADIUS ports only RADIUS ports or port<br />

5030 (default)

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