Polycom VSX 3000 Administrator's Manual page 121

Password Encryption
The password encryption feature is an enhancement to Security Mode. Because
Security Mode is only available on the 128 MB systems (V700, VSX 3000A,
VSX 5000, VSX 6000A, VSX 7000s, VSX 7000e, VSX 8000), password encryption
is also only available on the 128 MB systems.
Version 9.0 includes enhanced password encryption for meeting, room, and
remote access passwords.
When Security Mode is enabled, the VSX system stores all meeting, room, and
remote access passwords using the SHA-1 algorithm rather than using clear
text.
When a Polycom VSX system with Security Mode enabled was upgraded from a
previous software version to Polycom VSX software version 9.0, the room
password no longer worked. As a result, the Admin Settings became inaccessible
even when the previously used room password was correctly entered on the
system. This has been corrected in Polycom VSX software version 9.0.1.
For a Polycom VSX system with password encryption and Security Mode enabled,
Polycom recommends that you delete the room password or disable Security Mode
before downgrading from software version 9.0 or later to a build prior to version 9.0.
Password Display
Meeting, room, and remote access passwords now always appear as a series of
asterisks as you type them into a configuration screen or login box.
To enter numbers in a password field, use the remote control number buttons.
To enter letters in a password field, press
Re-entering to Confirm Passwords
In some cases, you must now re-enter passwords to confirm them.
• When updating or entering a meeting, room, or remote access password,
you are now prompted to re-enter the password to confirm it.
• When enabling Security Mode, you must now enter and confirm a new
room password, even if a room password is already in use on the system.
• When enabling or disabling Security Mode, you must now enter and
confirm each meeting, room, and remote access password that is set.
You cannot change the roomsw, sw, meetingpassword, websw, and securemode
configuration variables when using uploaded profiles (Utilities > Profile Center)
through the system's web interface, even if the uploaded profiles contain one or
more of these variables. These configuration variables are also excluded from
downloaded profiles.
Keyboard on the remote control.
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