Chapter 4 - Designing the User Experience

Setting Passwords and Security Options

You can enter or change the administrator and meeting passwords as well as specify whether to allow remote access to the system.

1.Go to System Info > Admin Setup > Security.

2.Configure these settings:

Setting

Description

 

 

Admin Password

Enter or change the Admin Password.

 

When the Admin Password is set, you must enter this password

 

to:

 

 

Make configuration changes not in the User Settings screen

 

Update the software

 

Manage the system using the web interface

 

 

Meeting password

Specifies the password users must supply in the following

 

instances:

 

Joining a multipoint call using the internal MCU

 

Viewing slides on the web interface

 

Viewing streams on the web interface

 

Accessing closed caption on the web interface

 

This field can also be used to store a password required by

 

another system that this system calls. If a password is stored in

 

this field, you do not need to enter it at the time of the call; your

 

system supplies it to the system that requires it.

 

 

Software Update

Specifies the password required by the system to update the

Password

system software from another site over ISDN.

 

 

Call Encryption

Specifies whether to encrypt calls with other endpoints that

(if enabled on the

support AES encryption.

 

 

System Options

 

 

screen)

 

 

 

 

Enable Remote

Specifies whether to allow remote access to the system by:

Access

FTP

 

 

Web

 

Telnet

 

SNMP

 

You may select any of these, or any combination of them.

 

NOTE: The system reboots if you change the remote access

 

settings.

 

 

Crypto Resync

Available if a V.35/RS-449/RS-530 network interface module is

 

connected to the system.

 

For information about configuring crypto resync, please see

 

Configuring the Serial V.35/RS-449/RS-530 Network Interface on

 

page 3-18.

 

 

 

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