User guide

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Cisco Media Gateway Manager for the Cisco MGX 8260 Media Gateway User Guide
Release 1.0, Part Number 78-11705-01, December 2000
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Security Management
Service providers may be obligated under law to protect sensitive information contained within
management systems. Cisco MGM and Cisco WebViewer enforce security with user names and
passwords. Both applications manage user accounts individually and in groups. Access groups simplify
the process of assigning privileges to individual users, because they define a set of privileges for each
type of user. This chapter explains security in the following topics:
• Cisco EMF User Accounts, page 4-1
• Cisco MGX 8260 Media Gateway User Accounts, page 4-3
• Cisco MGM Community String Configuration, page 4-4
Cisco EMF User Accounts
Cisco EMF enforces security with the following types of accounts.
Cisco EMF user accounts can be grouped by an administrator. These user groups can be used to model
user roles; for example, administrators typically set up a user group for administrative users and system
operators. These features are available from the Access application, launched from the Cisco EMF
Launchpad (see Figure 4-1).
Table 4-1 Cisco EMF Accounts
Access Level Account Type Number of Users Access Type Command Groups
1 Administrator 1 Read/Write All categories
2 User defined As many as needed Read/Write User can only invoke the
categories of service defined by
the access spec of its user group