System Password; Road Map To Setting The System Password; Figure 10-2 Securing A Unit - Honeywell Rapid Eye System Administration Manual

Security for a Multi-Media System

System Password

Road Map to Setting the System Password

Click to update the
security information
on a Multi-Media
unit.
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Use a system password for units that use a dial-up connection or are on a public network.
A system password may be unnecessary on a private network, depending on the security
protocols in your organization. Consult your security personnel.
Keeping Unauthorized Users Out
A system password blocks access to all (or optionally, some) of your sites from
unauthorized users, external to your organization, who may have found out the dial-up
number or IP address of a site, and who have access to the Admin and View applications.
Authorized Operators do not have to remember the system password to use a Multi-Media
unit. Only the Multi-Media System Administrator needs to keep a record of it, in case a unit
is added or removed from your Multi-Media system.
Setting (or changing) the system password requires three procedures:
• Use Admin to set a system password in the Multi-Media Central database.
• Use View to run a
Maintenance Session
Security on the Security tab. This copies the system password to the unit (see
10-2). Repeat this for each unit in the system.
Figure
• The password is copied to the local database of View operators as they log on, when
they are connected to the Multi-Media Central database. On systems in session 24/7,
or for operators who run View on standalone PCs, the Multi SA should communicate
that a system password has been added, so that the View operators can refresh their
local databases. See
Refreshing a Local Database
Figure 10-2 Securing a Unit
After Setting the System Password
Even technical support cannot access Multi-Media units from a LAN once your system
password has been changed.
on a Multi-Media unit and click Update
on page 274.