Specifications

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c) If you want to delete or replace the existing database password, call up the
menu item AVpro manager password in the Database menu and enter the
existing password in the topmost input field.
 You can delete the existing database password by leaving both input
fields empty and clicking on OK.
 You can replace the existing database password by entering a new
database password in both input fields and clicking on OK.
6.2.2 Access protection for devices
If a database password is defined for the opened database, an encryption key
based on the database password is assigned to all of the dLAN devices of the
networks managed in this database. You can use this to also protect the net-
work's dLAN devices from unauthorised, configuring access in addition to pro-
tecting the database and dLAN AVpro manager.
Without this protection, third parties could start another instance of dLAN AVpro
manager. They could then locally connect to a dLAN device on the network and
set up an independent database using these devices. This database could be
used to configure and secure the dLAN devices on the transmission medium
without notice and without allowing you to take action against it using the pri-
mary instance.
You can change the encryption key assigned to a dLAN device as follows:
a) Select the respective network in the "dLAN devices" window.
b) Open the device's context menu by right-clicking on the respective dLAN
device. In the context menu, select the menu item Change encryption key.
Fig. 40 : Deleting or replacing the existing database password