Managing authentication policies

Authentication policies determine the order and conditions in which various authentication mechanisms are used to successfully authenticate a user. You can view, add, modify, and delete authentication policies.

About this task

Keep the following considerations in mind when you work with authentication policies:
  • The authentication policy name must begin with an alphabetic character. Do not use control characters, leading and trailing blanks, and the following special characters ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( )  + | ` = \ ; :  " ' < > ? , [  ] { } / anywhere in the name.
  • You cannot modify or delete predefined policies.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the local management interface.
  2. Click Secure Access Control.
  3. Under Policy, click Authentication.
  4. Perform any of the following actions:
    Add an authentication policy:
    Click Add. The Authentication Policy Editor opens. See Creating an authentication policy.
    Modify a custom authentication policy:
    1. Select the authentication policy that you want to modify.
    2. Click Modify. The Authentication Policy Editor opens.
    3. Modify any of the authentication policy properties.
    4. Click Save.
    Delete a custom authentication policy:
    1. Select an authentication policy from the list. To select multiple authentication policies, press and hold the Ctrl key and select several authentication policies
    2. Click Delete. A message prompts you to confirm the deletion.
    3. Click Delete.

What to do next

You can use any authentication policy in your access control policy. See Creating an access control policy.