Dial Security; Overview - 3Com 56K Command Reference Manual

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Overview

D S
IAL ECURITY
This chapter contains information about:
Setting up Dial Security
Maintaining security accounts
What the guest user needs to do
Configuring dial security remotely
Dial Security is designed to protect networks and data centers from
unauthorized access.
You should be familiar with these terms before you continue:
Local The device that is directly connected to the computer
you are using.
Remote The device at the other end of a telephone connection.
Host The Business Modem that will be accessed and
controlled by other devices.
Guest The device that will access and control the host
Business Modem.
You can configure up to 10 accounts: one administrative account for you
and nine accounts for guest users. The account profiles are stored in the
host Business Modem's nonvolatile random access memory (NVRAM).
There are two forms of Dial Security; each will be explained later in this
chapter:
Autopass
Password Prompting