Understanding Security Features For Cisco Ip Phones - Cisco 7960G Administration Manual

Understanding Security Features for Cisco IP Phones

Understanding Security Features for
Cisco IP Phones
Table 1-2 Cisco IP Phone and Cisco CallManager Security Topics
Topic
Detailed explanation of security, including set up,
configuration, and troubleshooting information
for Cisco CallManager and Cisco IP Phones
Security features supported on the Cisco IP Phone See the
TLS connection
Security and the phone startup process
Security and phone configuration files
Configuring a locally significant certificate (LSC)
on the phone
Security items on the Model Information Screen
on the phone
Cisco IP Phone Administration Guide for Cisco CallManager 4.0, Cisco IP Phones 7960G/7940G
1-10
For a summary of some of the key information that phone users need their system
administrators to provide, see
a Website."
Implementing security in the Cisco CallManager system protects against data
tampering threats and identity theft of the phones. To alleviate these threats, the
Cisco IP telephony network establishes and maintains authenticated
communication streams between the phones and the server and digitally signs
files before they are transferred to phones.
Table 1-2 shows where you can find additional information about security in this
and other documents.
Chapter 1
Appendix A, "Providing Information to Users Via
Reference
Refer to Cisco IP Phone Authentication and
Encryption for Cisco CallManager 4.0(1)
Appendix , "Overview of Supported
Security Features"
See the "What Networking Protocols Are Used?"
section on page 1-5
See the "Understanding the Phone Startup
Process" section on page 2-4
See the "Understanding Phone Configuration
Files" section on page 2-7
See the "Configuring Security on the Cisco IP
Phone" section on page 3-13
See the "Model Information Screen" section on
page 6-2.
An Overview of the Cisco IP Phone
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