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Chapter 2 Getting to Know the Cisco Digital Media Encoder 2200

DME Security Best Practices

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Procedure

Task	Steps	Notes
Harden Windows	a. Choose Start > Settings > Control Panel > User	Depending on your DME
Change the Windows	Accounts, and then:	model type, the username
password for the main	• If you have a DME 1000, choose GoStream >	is either Niagara or
account.		GoStream. See Table 2-2
	Change my password.
		on page 2-11.
	• Otherwise, choose Niagara > Change my
	password.
	b. Change the password as desired.
	c. Click Change Password.
Harden Niagara SCX	a. Choose Start > Settings > Control Panel > User	—
Change the password for the	Accounts > SCXUser > Change my password.
SCXUser account, which	b. Change the password as desired.
you use to log in to Niagara
	c. Click Change Password.
SCX Encoder Explorer.
Stop agent services	a. Do either of the following:	—
	• Choose Start > Run. Type system32 and press
	Enter. Double-click
	GoStreamStopServices.bat.
	• Choose Start > All Programs > Viewcast >
	Niagrara SCX > Niagara SCX Agent, and then
	click Stop.
Update web.config to use the	a. Use Windows Explorer to browse to	—
new password	\inetpub\wwwroot\encoderswebservice.
Edit the web.config file.
	OR
	Browse instead to one of the following:
	• For a DMS-DME 1000,
	\inetpub\wwwroot\GoStream.
	• Otherwise, \inetpub\wwwroot\Niagara.
	b. Open the web.config file in a text editor, such as
	Notepad.exe.
	c. Locate the line of text that looks like this:
	<identity impersonate="true"
	userName="scxuser" password="viewcast"/>
	d. Edit the password string in this line of text.
	e. Save your work and exit the text editor.
Restart your DME		—

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