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System Security This chapter describes the following Polycom® Distributed Media
Application™ (DMA™) 7000 system security topics:
•Security Certificates Overview
•Certificate Settings
•Certificate Procedures
•Security Settings
•The Consequences of Enabling Maximum Security Mode
•Login Policy Settings
•Reset System Passwords
Security Certificates Overview
How Certificates Work
X.509 certificates are a security technology that assists networked computers
in determining whether to trust each other.
•A single, centralized certificate authority (CA) is established. Typically,
this is either an enterprise’s IT department or a commercial certificate
authority.
•Each computer on the network is configured to trust the central certificate
authority.
•Each server on the network has a public certificate that identifies it.
•The certificate authority signs the public certificates of those servers that
clients should trust.