Filter
Top Products
̈ Chapter 6: Security LANCOM Reference Manual LCOS 3.50
53
Security
Note: If a password has not been set, the Power LED flashes, until the
devices have been configured correctly.
Tips for proper use of passwords
We would like to give you a few tips here for using passwords:
̈ Keep a password as secret as possible.
Never write down a password. For example, the following are popular but
completely unsuitable: Notebooks, wallets and text files in computers. It
sounds trivial, but it can't be repeated often enough: don't tell anyone
your password. The most secure systems surrender to talkativeness.
̈ Only transmit passwords in a secure manner.
A selected password must be reported to the other side. To do this, select
the most secure method possible. Avoid: Non-secure e-mail, letter, or fax.
Informing people one-on-one is preferable. The maximum security is
achieved when you personally enter the password at both ends.
̈ Select a secure password.
Use random strings of letters and numbers. Passwords from common lan-
guage usage are not secure. Special characters such as '&“?#-*+_:;,!°'
make it difficult for potential attackers to guess your password and
increase the security of the password.
̈ Never use a password twice.
If you use the same password for several purposes, you reduce its security
effect. If the other end is not secure, you also endanger all other connec-
tions for which you use this password at once.
̈ Change the password regularly.
Passwords should be changed as frequently as possible. This requires
effort, however considerably increases the security of the password.
̈ Change the password immediately if you suspect someone else
knows it.
If an employee with access to a password leaves the company, it is high
time to change this password. A password should also always be changed
when there is the slightest suspicion of a leak.
If you comply with these simple rules, you will achieve the highest possible
degree of security.
Entering the password
You will find the box to enter the password in LANconfig in the configuration
area 'Management' on the 'Security' tab. Under WEBconfig you run the wiz-