Limit access to security features
You can control access to HP Jetdirect configuration parameters using the available security features. Examples of various settings and associated levels of access control are provided in Table
Table 6-2 Settings for Access Control
Settings | Level of Access Control |
|
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● Accessible using HTTP (HP Embedded Web Server), | Low |
SNMP v1/v2c applications, or Telnet | Best suited for trusted environments. |
|
●Administrator password not set
● |
| Any system can access the HP Jetdirect configuration |
Default SNMP v1/v2c community names | parameters through the HP Embedded Web Server, Telnet, | |
● | No authentication or encryption | or SNMP management software. Passwords are not |
required. |
●Access control list empty or Firewall disabled.
●Administrator password set
●
●Access control list contains host entries and checks HTTP connections
●Telnet and other
Medium
Limited security for
If the Administrator password and SNMP v1/v2c Set Community Name are known, access is limited to:
●Systems listed in the access control list
●SNMP v1/v2c management applications
●Unused protocols disabled
●HTTPS access enabled using certificates issued by trusted sources
●
●
●Telnet disabled
●Passwords set
●Access control list contains specified entries and checks HTTP connections
High
High security for
Access is controlled by IPsec. Encryption provides data privacy; network communication in plain text is not used.
CAUTION: Configuration settings from a BootP/TFTP or DHCP/TFTP server can change when the print server is turned off and then on. Verify any settings that might change when the print server is turned off and then on.
●Printer control panel locked
●IPsec/Firewall policy is enabled and configured
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