Black Box ET1000A, ET0010A Managing EncrypTight Users, Working with EncrypTight User Accounts

4 Managing EncrypTight Users

This section includes the following topics:

●Working with EncrypTight User Accounts

●Configuring EncrypTight User Authentication

●Managing EncrypTight Accounts

●Changing an EncrypTight User Password

●How EncrypTight Users Work with ETEP Users

Working with EncrypTight User Accounts

This chapter discusses user accounts for the EncrypTight software. These accounts are unique to EncrypTight and should not be confused with user accounts on the appliance or external ETKMS.

EncrypTight is able to authenticate users when they start the application. This authentication check is intended to prevent an unauthorized person from adding, deleting, or modifying appliance configurations or policies. User authentication is enabled by default. When you first start EncrypTight, use the default user name admin and password admin to log in.

The following list summarizes how user accounts work:

●EncrypTight has two user types: administrator and user. The EncrypTight administrator controls access to the EncrypTight application by managing its users and passwords. The administrator can create, modify, and delete other users, while the user can change only its own password.

●User verification is enabled by default.

●An administrator account exists by default with the user name admin and password admin.

●You must have at least one administrator account. If you have only one administrator account, EncrypTight prevents you from deleting it until you create a replacement.

●Multiple user and administrator accounts are allowed. User names must be unique.

●When authentication is enabled, the default password expiration period is set to zero, which means “do not expire.”

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