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Chapter 3 Controlling Network Access and Use
Using Authentication and Authorization
Step 5 Enable authorization with the aaa authorization command. PIX Firewall checks the authorization
request with the AAA server, which makes the decision about what services a user can access.
aaa authorization include authen_service if_name 0 0 0 0
Replace authen_service with an identifier that specifies the traffic to be included, such as ftp, telnet, or
http.
Note This step is not required when using the LOCAL database for authentication.
For example:
aaa authorization include ftp outside 0 0 0 0
aaa authorization include telnet outside 0 0 0 0
aaa authorization include http outside 0 0 0 0
aaa authorization include ftp inside 0 0 0 0
aaa authorization include telnet inside 0 0 0 0
aaa authorization include http inside 0 0 0 0
For further information about the different options available for the authorization and authentication
parameters, refer to the Cisco PIX Firewall Command Reference.
Enabling Secure Authentication of Web Clients
PIX Firewall Version 6.3 introduces a secured method of exchanging usernames and passwords between
a web client and a PIX
Firewall by using HTTP over SSL (HTTPS). HTTPS encrypts the user name and
password and makes the transmission secure.
Previous versions of PIX Firewall, when authenticating a web browser using a AAA server, obtained the
user name and password from the HTTP client in clear text.
Add the following keyword to the aaa command to enable this feature:
aaa authentication secure-http-client
The keyword secure-http-client enables this feature so that username and password are exchanged
securely between HTTP clients and the PIX
Firewall.
To enable this feature, you must configure AAA authentication, using the following command:
aaa authentication include authen_service if_name 0 0 0 0 <server_tag|LOCAL>
For the syntax of this command see the “Configuring AAA” section on page 3-8.
This feature also supports authentication of clients accessing secure (HTTPS) web sites.
Note Enabling AAA authentication secure-http-client is not required to authenticate HTTPS sessions.
After enabling this feature, when a user accesses a web page requiring authentication, the PIX Firewall
displays the Authentication dialog box shown in
Figure 3-2.
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