ACCESS GATEWAY
86 System Administration
Adding SSL support to the Access Gateway requires service providers to obtain digital
certificates from VeriSign™ to create HTTPS pages. Instructions for obtaining certificates
are provided by Nomadix.
3. If you want to designate a portal page, you must enable the Portal Page feature, otherwise
leave this feature disabled.
4. If you enabled the Portal Page feature, provide the following supporting information:
Portal Page URL
Parameter Passing (enabled or disabled)
Parameter Signing (including Method, Parameters, and Shared Secret)
Portal XML POST URL
Portal XML Post Port
Support GIS Clients (enabled or disabled)
Block IWS Login Page (enabled or disabled)
5. Enable or disable the Usernames feature, as required (refer to the table in “Enabling AAA
Services with the Internal Web Server” on page 84).
Some subscribers may want additional account flexibility and security for their services
(for example, if they use more than one computer and their MAC address changes, or if
they move between port-locations). In this case, a subscriber can define a unique user
name and password which they can use from any machine or location (without being re-
charged). Subscribers who choose this option are prompted for their user name and
To enable SSL Support, your Access Gateway’s flash must include the server.pem,
cakey.pem, and cacert.pem certificate files (the “cacert.pem” file is provided
with your Access Gateway). For assistance, contact Technical Support.
The Portal Page IP or DNS address are added to the IP passthrough list
automatically.
See Redirection Parameter Signing for more information about parameter
signing.
GIS stands for Generic Interface Specification, a document written by iPass.
Enabling the Smart Client option in the Access Gateway automatically supports
all GIS compliant clients using the Internal Web Server. Enabling “Support for
GIS Clients” under the Portal Page feature means that the Access Gateway will
defer the management of the GIS clients to the Portal Page server.
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