Cisco Cisco Firepower Management Center 4000
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FireSIGHT System User Guide
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Managing Users
If your user account has Administrator access, you can manage the user accounts that can access the web
interface on your Defense Center or managed device. On the Defense Center, you can also set up user
authentication via an external authentication server, rather than through the internal database.
interface on your Defense Center or managed device. On the Defense Center, you can also set up user
authentication via an external authentication server, rather than through the internal database.
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Understanding Cisco User Authentication
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When a user logs into the web interface, the appliance looks for a match for the user name and password
in the local list of users. This process is called authentication. There are two kinds of authentication:
internal and external. If the user’s account uses internal authentication, the authentication process
checks the local database for this list. If the account uses external authentication, the process checks the
local database to see if the user exists there and, if the user is not found locally, it queries an external
server, such as a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory server or a Remote
Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) authentication server, for a list of users.
in the local list of users. This process is called authentication. There are two kinds of authentication:
internal and external. If the user’s account uses internal authentication, the authentication process
checks the local database for this list. If the account uses external authentication, the process checks the
local database to see if the user exists there and, if the user is not found locally, it queries an external
server, such as a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory server or a Remote
Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) authentication server, for a list of users.
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