Local User And Administrator Privilege Levels; Custom Certificates - Polycom SIP 2.2.2 Manual

Administrator's Guide SoundPoint IP / SoundStation IP

Local User and Administrator Privilege Levels

Central Configuration file:
sip.cfg
(boot server)
Local Web Server
(if enabled)
Local Phone User
Interface

Custom Certificates

Note
Local Local Phone User
Interface
4 - 48
Several local settings menus are protected with two privilege levels, user and
administrator, each with its own password. The phone will prompt for either
the user or administrator password before granting access to the various menu
options. When the user password is requested, the administrator password
will also work. The web server is protected by the administrator password
(refer to Configuring SoundPoint IP / SoundStation IP Phones Locally
4-50).
Configuration changes can performed centrally at the boot server or locally:
Specify the minimum lengths for the user and administrator
passwords.
• For more information, refer to
<pwd/><length/>
None.
The user and administrator passwords can be changed under the
Settings menu or through configuration parameters (refer to
Parameter Configuration
ASCII characters 32-127 (0x20-0x7F) only.
Changes are saved to local flash but are not backed up to <Ethernet
address>-phone.cfg on the boot server for security reasons.
The phone trusts certificates issued by widely recognized certificate
authorities when trying to establish a connection to a boot server for
application provisioning. Refer to
C-1.
In addition, custom certificates can be added to the phone. This is done by
using the SSL Security menu on the phone to provide the URL of the custom
certificate then select an option to use this custom certificate.
For more information on using custom certificates, refer to "Technical Bulletin
17877: Using Custom Certificates With SoundPoint IP Phones" at
www.polycom.com/support/voice/
Configuration changes can performed locally:
The custom certificate can be specified and the type of certificate to
trust can be set under the Settings menu.
Password Lengths
on page A-74.
on page A-100). Passwords can consist of
Trusted Certificate Authority List
.
on page
Flash
on page