About Password Protection using SSH Connections

IWSVA can protect against password brute force attacks. If a remote terminal attempts to log on to IWSVA with the wrong password using SSH, IWSVA will reject subsequent log on attempts. This feature is enabled and disabled through the CLI.

To enable the anti-password brute force attack function:

1. Log on to IWSVA using the root, enable, or admin account. “root” and “admin” account users can log on using SSH, but the “enable” account users can only log on to the IWSVA local machine.

2. If logging on with the root account, type clish and enable to access the clish privileged mode.

3. If logging on with the admin account, type enable to access the clish privileged mode.

• If logging on with the enable account, you are already in the clish privileged mode.

2. To enable the function, type the following command: configure service pswd_protection enable

To disable the anti-password, brute force attack function:

1. Follow Step 1 in the previous procedure.

2. To disable the function, type the following command: configure service pswd_protection disable.