American Power Conversion Master Switch manual Security Features

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Security Features

Planning and	As a network device that passes information across the network, the
implementing	MasterSwitch unit is subject to the same exposure as other devices on
security features	the network.
	Use the information in this section to plan and implement the security
	features appropriate for your environment.
Port assignments	If a Telnet, FTP, or Web server uses a non-standard port, a user must
	specify the port when using the client interface, such as a Web browser.
	The non-standard port address becomes an extra “password,” hiding
	the server to provide an additional level of security. The TCP ports for
	which the Telnet, FTP, and Web servers listen are initially set at the
	standard “well known ports” for the protocols.To hide the interfaces, use
	any port numbers from 5000 to 65535.
User names,	All user names, passwords, and community names for SNMP are
passwords,	transferred over the network as plain text. A user who is capable of
community names	monitoring the network traffic can determine the user names and
	passwords required to log in to the Administrator, Device Manager, and
	Outlet User accounts of a MasterSwitch unit’s Control Console or Web
	interface. This security limitation of the protocols affects any device
	using Telnet, a Web server, or an SNMP version 1 agent.

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