Loading An Ini File To The Device; Secured Encoded Ini File; Configuring Password Display In Ini File - AudioCodes Mediant 4000 SBC User Manual

9.3

Loading an ini File to the Device

You can load an ini file to the device using the following methods:
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CLI:
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Voice Configuration: # copy voice-configuration from <URL>
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Web interface:
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Auxiliary Files page (see ''Loading Auxiliary Files'' on page 627): The device
updates its configuration according to the loaded ini file while preserving the
remaining current configuration.
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Configuration File page (see ''Configuration File'' on page 659): The device
updates its configuration according to the loaded ini file and applies default
values to parameters that were not included in the loaded ini file.
When you load an ini file to the device, its configuration settings are saved to the device's
non-volatile memory.
Note: Before you load an ini file to the device, make sure that the file extension
name is *.ini.
9.4

Secured Encoded ini File

The ini file contains sensitive information that is required for the functioning of the device.
The file may be loaded to the device using HTTP. These protocols are not secure and are
vulnerable to potential hackers. To overcome this security threat, the AudioCodes
DConvert utility allows you to binary-encode (encrypt) the ini file before loading it to the
device. For more information, refer to the DConvert Utility User's Guide.
Note: If you save an ini file from the device to a folder on your PC, an ini file that was
loaded to the device encoded is saved as a regular ini file (i.e., unencoded).
9.5

Configuring Password Display in ini File

Passwords can be displayed in the ini file in one of the following formats, configured by the
INIPasswordsDisplayType ini file parameter:
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Obscured: The password characters are concealed and displayed as encoded. The
password is displayed using the syntax, $1$<obscured password>, for example,
$1$S3p+fno=.
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Hidden: the password is replaced with an asterisk (*).
When you save an ini file from the device to a PC, the passwords are displayed according
to the enabled format. When you load an ini file to the device, obscured passwords are
parsed and applied to the device; hidden passwords are ignored.
By default, the enabled format is obscured passwords, thus enabling their full recovery in
case of configuration restore or copy to another device.
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