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Software Configuration Guide—Release 15.0(2)SG
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Chapter 42 Configuring Web-Based Authentication
Configuring Web-Based Authentication
Specifying a Redirection URL for Successful Login
With Cisco IOS Release 12.2(50)SG, you have the option to specify a URL to which the user is
redirected upon successful authentication, effectively replacing the internal Success HTML page.
To specify a redirection URL for successful login, perform this task:
When configuring a redirection URL for successful login, consider the following guidelines:
• If the custom authentication proxy web pages feature is enabled, the redirection URL feature is
disabled and is not available in the CLI. You can perform redirection in the custom login success
page.
• If the redirection URL feature is enabled, a configured auth-proxy-banner is not used.
• To remove the specification of a redirection URL, use the no form of the command.
The following example shows how to configure a redirection URL for successful login:
Switch(config)# ip admission proxy http success redirect www.cisco.com
The following example shows how to verify the redirection URL for successful login:
Switch# show ip admission configuration
Authentication Proxy Banner not configured
Customizable Authentication Proxy webpage not configured
HTTP Authentication success redirect to URL: http://www.cisco.com
Authentication global cache time is 60 minutes
Authentication global absolute time is 0 minutes
Authentication global init state time is 2 minutes
Authentication Proxy Watch-list is disabled
Authentication Proxy Max HTTP process is 7
Authentication Proxy Auditing is disabled
Max Login attempts per user is 5
Configuring the Web-Based Authentication Parameters
You can configure the maximum number of failed login attempts allowed before the client is placed in
a watch list for a waiting period.
To configure the web-based authentication parameters, perform this task:
Command Purpose
Switch(config)# ip admission proxy http success
redirect url-string
Specifies a URL for redirection of the user in place of the
default login success page.
Command Purpose
Step 1
Switch(config)# ip admission max-login-attempts
number
Sets the maximum number of failed login attempts. The
default is 5.
Note A typical custom setting for this value should not
exceed 50.
Step 2
Switch(config)# end
Returns to privileged EXEC mode.