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Do you agree with Mike Mullins that organizations need to apply the same rules for accessing network devices as they do for user access to files? How do you authenticate administrators that configure your routers and switches? Share your comments about locking down network device access, as discussed in the Jan. 28 Security Solutions newsletter.

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by rburts

I think most of Mike's article is right on target. We do need to provide good controls over who can access the network devices.

I disagree with one aspect of the article. In configuring controls of enable access Mike suggests:
aaa authentication enable default group radius local
I do not think that local is a good backup method. I would prefer to configure:
aaa authentication enable default group radius enable

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