User guide

Chapter 29: Tools and Applications
372 MAXCS ACC 6.7.1 Administration Manual
To check extension security
1. Select the security characteristics you want to check in the Show field group.
Status Description
Secure Pwd + Internal Only
Has secure password and cannot make outbound trunk
calls
Unsecure Pwd
Password has unsecure elements described in Unsecure
Elements window
Outbound-capable Can make outbound trunk calls
Unsecure Pwd + Outbound
Password has unsecure elements described in Unsecure
Elements window AND can make outbound trunk calls
Password Expired Password is expired
Attacked 8 consecutive false password attempts have been made
Locked
Extension has been locked by system due to attack or by
System Administrator
Password Match
To detect if an extension uses a specific trivial password,
such as street address, zip code, phone number, enter
that string here.
2. Click Refresh. Extensions with the selected insecure characteristics will appear in
the Extension List.
3. Make changes to extensions from the right-click menus, or advise extension user(s)
to make changes.
4. After changes have been made (for example in MaxAdmin, MaxCommunicator, or
with right-click commands in this tool), click Reload to fetch the new settings from
MAXCS.
Security characteristics for extensions you select in the Extension List display in the
Unsecure Elements panel.
5. (Optional) Click Export to export the data in the Extension List to a text file.
Note: You are advised to run this security check periodically and remind extension users
to use secure passwords.
Start & Stop All AltiGen Services
You can start or stop all AltiGen services from the Windows Start menu: All Programs
> MAX Communication Server ACC/ACM > Utilities > Start & Stop All AltiGen
Services.