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Chapter 5: System Security
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There are two methods for creating a user account via the command line interface:
• Creating an account with a Username and Password, then adding specific
Management Classes and Access Privileges.
• Creating an account with a Username and Password and assigning
privileges through built-in Templates.
Username and Password
A username and password is the minimum requirement for adding a user account.
Both the user name and password can be any ASCII string from 6 to 32 characters
long; these parameters are case-sensitive. The user account password information is
stored on the system in an encrypted format for greater security.
NOTE:
Passwords are never displayed in clear text format through any of the user interfaces;
passwords will appear as ’********’.
Creating an account with only a username and password will be disabled by default.
The user will not be able to connect to the router since no privileges have been
defined, even after the account has been enabled.
Once a user account has been enabled and the user has access privileges, the user
can change the account password with the password command or through the WMI,
Change Password form.
Management Classes
All system operations, through both the command line or WEB management interface
are partitioned into functional groups, or management classes. Management
privileges categorize the system operations to which a user account has access. A
management class overview in Table 5-1.
Table 5-1: Management Classes
Class Functional Areas
Voice Voice operations and shared network functions
Network File system, System Interfaces, SNMP, DHCP, NAT,
remote commands
System Various system administrative tasks
Security SSH, L2TP, IPSec, Firewall
Admin User Management, Key Enabled Features
Debug Debug functions