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Table 20: Services Gateway Basic Connectivity Settings Details
Elements Descriptions
Device The hostname defines the network or subnetwork to
identification which your services gateway belongs.
Root Initially, the root password is not defined on the
password 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: The root password is mandatory.
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
It is recommended that you set the system time
before you begin configuration.
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.
Default A default gateway is a static route that is used to direct
gateway packets addressed to networks not explicitly listed in
the routing table. If a packet arrives at the services
gateway with an address for which the device does
not have routing information, the services gateway
sends the packet to the default gateway.
Chapter 12: Establishing Basic Connectivity for the SRX100 Services Gateway
Settings
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.
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
NOTE: 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.
NOTE: 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,
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.
The default gateway entry is always present in the
routing and forwarding tables.
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