Multi-Media Database Security - Honeywell Rapid Eye System Administration Manual

Security for a Multi-Media System
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Multi-Media Database Security

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on page 193). The Administrator account password also protects units from
Password
unauthorized clearing of storage (see
This password and any others based on the Administrator account, should be kept secure
and changed regularly.
User account password
as called for by your organization's security requirements.
Passwords can be:
• Of variable length. Compose passwords of up to 50 alphanumeric characters.
Double-quotes (") cannot be used.
• Repeated. Your Multi-Media System Administrator (Multi SA) has the option of
assigning the same password or differing passwords to different users.
• Deleted (that is, emptied). This is equivalent to not assigning a password. There is
no reset function. Your Multi SA does not need to know a user account password to
delete it. A Multi SA only needs to remember/log the Administrator password.
• Set only by a Multi SA. A View operator cannot set a user account password, only
the Multi SA can.
Using Text Securely in Password Boxes
• To prevent onlookers from obtaining a password, asterisks appear onscreen as you
type in these boxes.
• To prevent use of the Windows Clipboard to obtain passwords, Multi-Media software
prevents the copying or cutting of passwords from password boxes.
• To help guarantee against a typing error when a password is set up, you are asked to
enter the password again, in the Confirm password box.
• To further guarantee against a typing error when setting passwords, you can paste
copied text into a password box.
Insert numbers into common words for more secure passwords. For example, a
password such as security is made more secure as secur2691ity. Such passwords
are easier to remember than randomly generated passwords.
Like most Multi-Media security features, using network means to protect a Multi-Media
database is optional. If the Multi-Media database is protected, unit operators need
read/write permissions for the database.
Protecting the Database from Deletion
The Multi-Media database can be protected using server file system capabilities. As a
preventive measure against the accidental deletion of a database, back it up and use
network security settings (such as NTFS security). See
Password Security
Passwords are encrypted in Multi-Media database files (*.mdb and *.mdf).
Preventing Users from Clearing
A user's password can be unique or the same as another user's,
Storage, page 140).
on page 275.
Deleting a Database