Webconfig Wizard; The Security Checklist - Lancom 1711+ VPN Manual

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Chapter 8: Security settings
8.1.2

WEBconfig Wizard

With WEBconfig you have the option to launch the Check security settings
Wizard to check and change any settings. The following values are edited:
8.2

The security checklist

The following checklists provide an overview of all security settings that are
important to professionals. Most of the points in this checklist are uncritical
for simple configurations. In these cases, the security settings in the basic
configuration or that were set with the Security Wizard are sufficient.
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In the dialogs that follow you can set the password and select the proto-
cols to be available for accessing the configuration from local and remote
networks.
In a subsequent step, you can set parameters for locking the configuration
such as the number of incorrect password entries and the duration of the
lock.
For the firewall, you can activate stateful inspection, ping blocking, and
the stealth mode.
The Wizard will inform you as soon as the entries are complete. Close the
configuration with Finish.
Device password
The protocols to be available for accessing the configuration from local
and remote networks
The parameters for locking the configuration (the number of incorrect
password entries and the duration of the lock)
Detailed information about the security settings mentioned here are
to be found in the reference manual.
Have you protected the configuration with a password?
The simplest way of protecting the configuration is to agree upon a pass-
word. If no password has been agreed for the device, the configuration is
open to be changed by anybody. The field for entering the password is to
be found in LANconfig in the 'Management' configuration area on the
'Security' tab. It is absolutely imperative to assign a password to the con-
figuration if you want to enable remote configuration!