Network Settings For The Srx 210 Services Gateway - Juniper SRX 210 Services Hardware Manual

Table 23: Services Gateway Basic Connectivity Settings Details
Elements Descriptions
Device The domain name defines the network or subnetwork
Identification to which your services gateway belongs. The hostname
refers to the specific machine, while the domain name
is shared among all devices in a given network. Together
the hostname and domain name identify the device in
the network.
Root The root user has complete privileges to configure your
Password services gateway and manage files in the device's file
system. Initially, the root password is not defined on
the device. To ensure basic security, you must define
the root password during initial configuration. If a root
password is not defined, you cannot commit
configuration settings on the device.
NOTE: If you use a plaintext password, the device
displays the password as an encrypted string so that
users viewing the configuration cannot see it.
Time Zone You define the time zone for the location where you
and System plan to operate the services gateway by using a
Time designation that consists of the following information
for the location:
Name of the continent or ocean—For example,
America or Pacific
Name of the major city or other geographic feature
in the time zone—For example, Boston or Azores
Network A Domain Name System (DNS) server on the network
Settings maintains a database for resolving hostnames and IP
addresses. Network devices can query the DNS server
by hostnames rather than IP addresses. The services
gateway accesses the DNS servers that are added to the
configuration to resolve hostnames in the order in which
you list them.
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Settings
The root password must meet the following
conditions:
Must be at least six characters long.
Most character classes can be included in a
password (alphabetic, numeric, and special
characters), except control characters.
Must contain at least one change of case or
character class.
For Common Criteria environments only, the
password must be between 10 and 20 characters
long and must include at least 3 of the 5 character
classes (uppercase letters, lowercase letters,
punctuation marks, numbers, and other special
characters). Control characters are not
recommended. For more information, see the
Secure Configuration Guide for Common Criteria and
JUNOS-FIPS.
A Network Time Protocol (NTP) server provides
accurate time across a network. The device
synchronizes the system time with the NTP server
and periodically accesses the NTP server to maintain
the correct time.
The time zone and system time must be accurate
so that the device schedules events and operations
as expected.
For Common Criteria compliance, you must
configure NTP to provide accurate timestamps for
system log messages. For more information, see
the Secure Configuration Guide for Common Criteria
and JUNOS-FIPS.
If you plan to include your device in several
domains, you can add these domains to the
configuration so that they are included in a DNS
search. When DNS searches are requested, the
domain suffixes are appended to the hostnames.

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