Siemens SCALANCE X-200 Configuration Manual page 40

Configuration using WBM and CLI
4.1 Web Based Management
1. Enter the IP address or the URL of the IE switch in the address box of the Web browser.
If there is a problem-free connection to the IE switch, the logon dialog appears as shown
above.
2. Select the required user from the "User name" drop-down list.
– As the "admin" user, you have write/read access and can change settings of the IE
– If you select "user" as the user, you only have read access to the configuration data of
3. Enter your password.
The factory set passwords are as follows:
– User name "admin": admin
– User name "user": user
4. Click "Log On".
Note
Change the factory set password immediately
For security reasons, make sure that you change the original factory-set passwords. The
passwords are public knowledge and do not provide any protection.
Resetting the device also resets the passwords to the factory settings.
Once you have logged on successfully, the start page appears.
Protection from brute force attacks
During a brute force attack, all possible solutions are tried out systematically until the right
one is found. In this case, the correct password.
There is a mechanism implemented in the IE switch that is intended to protect it from such
attacks.
If an incorrect password is entered, entries are blocked for a short time. The more often an
incorrect password is entered, the longer entries are blocked. After a maximum number of
failed attempts, the user or the client IP address is blocked for a certain time.
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switch.
the IE switch.
Configuration Manual, 03/2015, C79000-G8976-C285-06
SCALANCE X-200