Panasonic DP-4520 116, Fax Forward, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Dhcp, Smtp Authentication

Internet Communication Features

Fax Forward

Your machine is capable of transferring all received Internet email or regular G3 fax documents to a pre- programmed G3 fax or a PC destination.

Internet Fax

LAN

Transfer to a G3 Fax

Email

or G3 Fax

Transfer to a PC

Document Distribution System

(DDS Server)

PC

G3 Fax

Routing

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

DHCP is a protocol for dynamically assigning IP addresses to Internet Fax and client PCs. With DHCP, an Internet Fax can automatically acquire a unique IP address each time it connects to a network making IP address management an easier task for network administrators. When an Internet Fax logs on to the network, the DHCP server selects an IP address from a master list and assigns it to the system.

If you wish to enable the following options on your Internet Fax, a static (reserved by a Network Administrator) IP address and configurations must be used instead of the DHCP operation.

SMTP Receiving G3 Gateway

Direct SMTP (Direct IFAX XMT)

SMTP Authentication

The Internet's emergence as a worldwide digital infrastructure has dramatically encouraged a market for communications-oriented appliances. However, the no object security technique has gained widespread and dominant use over the Internet due to several reasons.

1.Internet mail is a multi-hop store and forward architecture, and use of channel-based security is generally difficult.

2.No single technique is recommended by the Internet Fax standard.

To improve and robust the system, Authentication through encryption based techniques are provided as a typical solution. The techniques may be associated with the transmission channel, such as by using Simple Authentication and Security layer (SASL).

Some Internet Service Providers (ISP) take advantage of Internet mail service by providing an Authentication feature.

Your Internet Fax provides the following three Authentication options.

1.SMTP Service Extension for Authentication (SMTP AUTH) -- while sending

2.Lightweight challenge-response mechanism POP (APOP) -- while receiving

3.POP before SMTP -- performs POP procedure prior to every SMTP transaction

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