Sidewinder G2 6.1.1 Administration Guide - Glossary of Technical ...

Admin Console basics
2-6 Administrator’s Overview
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 in to 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 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 in to 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.
3. Click OK. An authentication window appears. Enter the appropriate
response, and then click OK. When you connect for the first time, the
Feature Notification window appears displaying the status of each
licensed feature.