Dial Access Security
12-133910-A2-GN32-40 September 1998
Security Configuration Options
The Security Configuration Options group allows you to view and set dial access security
parameters. This group is located in the Configuration branch of the Top-Level menu.
Table 12-4 shows each Security configuration option as it appears on the LCD. The factory default
value is shown after the colon ( : ) on the first line; all available selections are listed on the second
line. Following this is a description of the configuration option. These configuration options do not
have an equivalent AT command.
Table 12-4
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Security Configuration Options
EntryWait_Time: 20 sec
Nxt 20 sec 10 sec 40 sec 60 sec
This configuration option does not appear if Answer Security Mode is configured for No_Answ_Sec.
Entry Wait Timeout. Determines how long the answering modem waits for the originating modem to enter a
VF-side password and DTE-side password.
NOTE: This timer resets for each phase of access security. For example, if a VF-side password and a
DTE-side password are required, then the user has 20 seconds per entry to input the correct
password.
VF_Prompt_Type: 2nd_DialTone
Nxt 2nd_DialTone Quiet_Answer
This configuration option only appears if Answer Security Mode is configured for VF_&_DTE.
VF Prompt Type. Determines how the answering modem requests a valid password from the originating
modem for the valid password. This configuration option is only used for VF-side password entry and is not
valid for DTE-side password entry.
H2nd Dial Tone
Once the answering modem is off-hook, it generates a dial tone to the originating modem as a
prompt for that modem’s VF-side password. (Second dial tone is represented by a W in the dial
command string.)
HQuiet Answer
Once the answering modem is off-hook, it does not send an answer tone to the originating modem.
The originating modem enters its VF-side password after detecting a ring back signal followed by
five seconds of silence. For this to work correctly, the Auto Answer Ring # configuration option in
the answering modem must be set to 2 rings or greater. (Quiet answer is represented by an @ in
the dial command string.)
#DTE_PW_Tries: 1
Nxt 1 2 3 4 5
This configuration option does not appear if Answer Security Mode is configured for No_Answ_Sec.
Number of DTE Password Tries. Determines the number of attempts an originating user has to enter a valid
DTE-side password. If the password entered does not match a value in the answering modem’s Password
Table, then the modem will issue the password prompt again (provided that the number of tries is set to a
value greater than 1). This will continue until the correct password is entered by the originating user or the
number of tries allowed is met.
DTE_PW_TermChar: 013
Nxt " 013
This configuration option does not appear if Answer Security Mode is configured for No_Answ_Sec.