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Security
The router provides a number of means of providing security on incoming and outgoing traffic on a network. These methods include access password authentication, firewall limiting access to only designated device addresses, private network address translation (NAT) and filtering for both incoming and outgoing traffic.
Configure PPP Security
The PPP router provides support for both PAP and CHAP security access authentication. An outgoing user name, PAP password, and CHAP secret are defined that the router will use when responding to an authentication request from a remote site PPP router.
The cold start defaults for the security user name and passwords are as follows. These defaults will exist when the router is first started before and configuration is entered, and after a Full Reset has been performed. These default values are also set when the router is placed in TFTP Network load mode for upgrading the operating software via TFTP transfers. Care should be taken when upgrading a group of routers that have security levels set.
Default outgoing user name for each remote site when it is defined is the same as the default device name. Default PAP password and CHAP secret are both set to “BRIDGE”.
The complete password security configuration for both incoming and outgoing calls is defined within the Security menu of the WAN
Security Level
Location: Main
ÄConfiguration
ÄWAN
ÄSecurity
ÄSecurity Level
The security level defines the type of security that this router will request when a remote site PPP router attempts to establish a PPP connection. The security may defined as none, PAP, or CHAP.
When a security level is defined on this router, an entry for each remote site PPP router that may be connected to this router must be placed in the security database. The security database is used to store the user names and passwords of the remote site PPP routers.
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