APC Battery Management System manual Changing default user names and passwords immediately

Battery Management System

USER’S GUIDE

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Web Server.

Security Access	Description
Available methods:	In basic HTTP authentication mode, the user name and
• User name and password	password are transmitted base-64 encoded (with no
• Selectable server port	encryption).
• Server Enable/Disable	SSL are available on Web browsers supported for the
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)	Battery Management System and on most Web
	servers. The Web protocol Hypertext Transfer Protocol
	over Secure Sockets Layer (HTTPS) encrypts and
	decrypts page requests to the Web server and pages
	returned by the Web server to the user.

Changing default user names and passwords immediately

As soon as you complete the installation and initial configuration of the Battery Management System, immediately change the default user names and passwords. Configuring unique user names and passwords is essential to establish basic security for your system.

Port assignments

If a Telnet, FTP, SSH/SCP, or Web/SSL 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 these 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 32768.

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