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User Guide for Cisco Digital Media Encoder 2200
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Chapter 2 Getting to Know the Cisco Digital Media Encoder 2200
DME Security Best Practices
Procedure
Task Steps Notes
Step 1 Harden Windows
Change the Windows
password for the main
account.
a. Choose Start > Settings > Control Panel > User
Accounts, and then:
• If you have a DME 1000, choose GoStream >
Change my password.
• Otherwise, choose Niagara > Change my
password.
b. Change the password as desired.
c. Click Change Password.
Depending on your DME
model type, the username
is either Niagara or
GoStream. See Table 2-2
on page 2-11.
Step 2 Harden Niagara SCX
Change the password for the
SCXUser account, which
you use to log in to Niagara
SCX Encoder Explorer.
a. Choose Start > Settings > Control Panel > User
Accounts > SCXUser > Change my password.
b. Change the password as desired.
c. Click Change Password.
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Step 3 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.
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Step 4 Update web.config to use the
new password
Edit the web.config file.
a. Use Windows Explorer to browse to
\inetpub\wwwroot\encoderswebservice.
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.
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Step 5 Restart your DME —