Security
Authentication continued
Summary of access The following table describes each interface and its access methods. | |||||
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| Serial Control | Access is by user name and | Always enabled. | |
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| Console | password. | ||
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| Telnet Control | • User name and password | The user name and password | |
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| Console | are transmitted as plain text. | ||
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| These methods are available: | NMS IP filters allow access | |
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| • Community Name | from multiple IP addresses. | |
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| SNMP | • NMS IP filters | ||
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| • Agent Enable/Disable | ||
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| • Four access communities with | ||
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| read/write/disable capability | ||
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| FTP Server | • User name and password | Only the Administrator account | |
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| These methods are available: | In basic HTTP authentication | |
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| • User name and password | password are transmitted base- | |
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| Web Server | • Selectable server port | 64 encoded (with no | |
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| • Server Enable/Disable | encryption). MD5 authentication | |
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| • MD5 Authentication option | mode uses a user name and | |
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