D-Link DGS-3200-10 Product Manual - Page 167

xStack® DGS-3200 Series Layer 2 Gigabit Ethernet Managed Switch Authentication Policy and Parameter Settings Users can en able an ad ministrator-defined authentication policy for users trying to access th e Switch. When enabled, the device will check the Login Method List and choose a technique for user authentication upon login. To v iew the fo llowing windo w, click Security > Acce ss Authentic ation Control > Authentic ation P olicy and P arameter Settings: Figure 5 - 36. Authentication Policy and Parameter Settings window The following parameters can be set: Parameter Description Authentication Policy Response Timeout (0255) User Attempts (1-255) Use the drop-down menu to enable or disable the Authentication Policy on the Switch. This field will set the time the Switch will wait for a response of authentication from the user. The user may set a time between 0 and 255 seconds. The default setting is 30 seconds. This command will configure the maximum number of times the Switch will accept authentication attempts. Users failing to be authenticated after the set amount of attempts will be denied access to the Switch and will be locked out of further authentication attempts. Command line interface users will have to wait 60 seconds before another authentication attempt. Telnet and web users will be disconnected from the Switch. The user may set the number of attempts from 1 to 255. The default setting is 3. Click Apply to implement changes made. Application Authentication Settings Users can configure Switch configuration app lications (console, Telnet, SSH, web) for log in at th e u ser lev el and at the administration level (Enable Admin) utilizing a previously configured method list. To view the following window, click Security > Access Authentication Control > Application Authentication Settings: Figure 5 - 37. Application Authentication Settings window 154