External Authentication

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Note - The HPDU uses TLS instead of SSL 3.0 due to published security vulnerabilities in SSL 3.0. Ensure your network infrastructure, such as LDAP and mail services, uses TLS, not SSL 3.0.

For security purposes, users attempting to log in to the HPDU must be authenticated. The HPDU supports the following authentication mechanisms:

Local user database on the HPDU
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
Remote Access Dial-In User Service (Radius) protocol

By default, the HPDU is configured for local authentication. If you stay with this method, you only need to create user accounts.

If you prefer external authentication, you must provide the HPDU with information about the external Authentication and Authorization (AA) server. If both local and external authentication is needed, create user accounts on the HPDU in addition to providing the external AA server data.

When configured for external authentication, all HPDU users must have an account on the external AA server. Local authentication-only users will have no access to the HPDU except for the admin, who always can access the HPDU.

If the external authentication fails, an Authentication failed message is displayed. Details regarding the authentication failure are available in the event log.

Note - Only users who have both the Change Authentication Settings and Change Security Settings permissions can configure or modify the authentication settings.