Security Considerations - Avaya Communication Manager Administrator's Manual

Administering Media Servers
Note:
In order for ASA to work properly with the ASG Guard II, the Write (ms) field on
Note:
the Advanced tab of the Connection Properties screen must be set to a value
of 5 (i.e., delay of 5 ms). ASG Guard II is an outboard appliance providing access
security for Avaya products that do not have Access Security Gateway (ASG)
software as a native application. For more information on ASG Guard II, contact
your Avaya technical support representative.
For more information, see
System Access Terminal
The System Access Terminal (SAT) program uses a Command Line Interface (CLI) interface for
telephony administration. SAT is available through the Avaya Site Administration package.

Security Considerations

Levels of security for administration of the G700 Media Gateway are the same as traditionally
for Avaya Communication Manager. This means that administration login passwords are
passed in plain text with no encryption. Exceptions to this no-encryption policy include:
The ASG program that is installed on all Avaya media servers.
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An encrypted Web interface to the media server (see the security certificate information in
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the media server online help)
Optional encryption for data backups (see
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Support for RADIUS authentication for media gateways and P330 stack elements using
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the P330 Device Manager. See
Gateway components
Command syntax changes for media modules
The syntax for using the SAT commands for a G700 Media Gateway or Avaya Media Server
has changed. In a traditional DEFINITY system, ports are identified by the cabinet number,
carrier, slot, and port. For example: 02A0704
Because this numbering convention does not make sense for media modules, a new
convention was developed. The numbering convention for the media modules uses the same
seven-character field as does a traditional system, but the fields represent the media gateway
number, media module slot (V1 to V9), and port number (00 to 99 are supported; the actual
number of ports that can be specified depends on the type of media module).
Example: 001V205
In this example, the 001 represents the media gateway number, the V2 represents the slot
number (possibly V1 through V9), and 05 is the port number.
588 Administrator Guide for Avaya Communication Manager
Using Avaya Site Administration
Backing up and restoring data
Using Device Manager to administer G700 Media
on page 567.
in Chapter 1: System
on page 573).
Basics.