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What is unidirectional authentication?

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What is unidirectional authentication?

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The simplest way of configuring CHAP authentication is for the target to authenticate initiators. On the initiator side, an entry is created to specify the outgoing CHAP name and CHAP password for that initiator node. For the Solaris initiator, this is done with the iscsiadm modify initiator-node command. iscsiadm modify initiator-node -H iscsiadm modify initiator-node -C Enter Secret: Repeat Secret: iscsiadm modify initiator-node -a CHAP On the target side, the administrator must specify the user name and password to expect from the initiator. The way to do this on Solaris is to create a local initiator entry on the target for each initiator that might wish to connect via CHAP. The entry specifies the entity name (eui or iqn), and the incoming CHAP name, and the CHAP password for that entity. It is also possible to create a local initiator that does not specify a CHAP secret. For the Solaris target, creating a local

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