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D14049.04
JULY 2008
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TANDBERG VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS SERVER
ADMINISTRATOR GUIDE
Introduction Getting Started
Overview and
Status
System
Conguration
VCS
Conguration
Zones and
Neighbors
Call
Processing
Bandwidth
Control
Firewall
Traversal
Appendices
Applications Maintenance
Password Encryption
All passwords congured on the VCS are stored in encrypted form. This applies to the following,
which all have usernames and passwords associated with them:
the default admin administrator account
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any additional administration accounts
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local database authentication credentials (a list of valid usernames and passwords that are
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used when other devices are required to authenticate with the VCS)
external registration authentication credentials (used by the VCS when required to authenticate
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with another system)
LDAP server (used by the VCS when binding to an LDAP server)
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Passwords can be congured via either the CLI or the web interface.
Web Interface
When entering or viewing passwords via the web interface, you will see placeholder characters (e.g.
dots or stars, depending on your browser) instead of the characters you are typing.
Command Line Interface
When entering passwords via the Command Line Interface (CLI), you will type the password in
plain text. However, once the command has been executed, the password will be displayed in its
encrypted form with a {cipher} prex, e.g.
xConguration LDAP Password: "{cipher}xcy6k+4NgB025vYEgoEXXw=="
Overview
FindMe is a stand-alone application that can be hosted by the VCS or by another remote
server. This means that FindMe user account information is not congured or accessible
via the CLI of the VCS. However, FindMe user passwords are still stored securely.
Maximum length of Passwords
When a password is encrypted, it uses more characters than the original plain text version of the
password. The maximum number of encrypted and plain text characters for each type of password
is shown in the table below.
Password type Maximum plain text
characters
Maximum encrypted
characters
Admin account 16 65
Administration accounts 16 65
Local Database authentication credentials 128 215
External authentication credentials 128 215
LDAP server 60 122
FindMe Remote User Policy Manager 30 82