10 DIAL SECURITY
This chapter contains information about:
■Setting up Dial Security
■Maintaining security accounts
■What the guest user needs to do
■Configuring dial security remotely
Overview Dial Security is designed to protect networks and data centers from
unauthorized access.
You should be familiar with these terms before you conti nue:
You can configure up to 10 accounts: one a dmi nistr ati ve a ccount for you
and nine accounts for guest users. The account profiles are stored in the
host Business Modem’s nonvolatile random access memory (NVRAM).
There are two forms of Dial Security; each will be explained later in this
chapter:
■Autopass
■Password Prompting
Local The device that is directly connected to the computer
you are using.
Remote The device at the other end of a telephone connection.
Host The Business Modem that will be accessed and
controlled by other devices.
Guest The device that will access and control the host
Business Modem.