Configuring Admin Id And Password For The Polycom Touch Control; Local Accounts; Password Policies - Polycom RealPresence Group 550 Administrator's Manual

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Prefix
SECURITY: NIDS/unknown_tcp
SECURITY: NIDS/unknown_udp
SECURITY: NIDS/invalid_tcp
SECURITY: NIDS/invalid_icmp
SECURITY: NIDS/unknown
SECURITY: NIDS/flood
Following the message prefix, the security log entry includes the timestamp and the IP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, or
ICMPv6 headers. For example, the following security log entry shows an "unknown_udp" intrusion:
2009-05-08 21:32:52 WARNING kernel: SECURITY: NIDS/unknown_udp IN=eth0
OUT= MAC=00:e0:db:08:9a:ff:00:19:aa:da:11:c3:08:00 SRC=172.18.1.80
DST=172.18.1.170 LEN=28 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=63 ID=22458 PROTO=UDP
SPT=1450 DPT=7788 LEN=8

Configuring Admin ID and Password for the Polycom Touch Control

You can set an Admin ID and password, which allows you to limit access to the Polycom Touch Control
Administration settings.
To set a Polycom Touch Control admin ID and password:
1 From the Home screen touch
An admin ID and password might be configured for the Touch Control Administration settings. The
default ID is admin and the default password is 456.
2 Touch the Security tab.
3 Set the following security settings.
Setting Description
Specifies the ID for the administrator account. The default Admin ID is admin.
Admin ID
Admin Specifies the password for administrator access when logging in to the Touch Control. The default
password is 456.
Password
When this password is set, you must enter it to configure the Touch Control Admin Settings. The
password must not contain spaces.

Local Accounts

Password Policies

You can configure password policies for Admin, User, Meeting, Remote Access, and SNMP passwords.
These password settings can ensure that strong passwords are used. Polycom strongly recommends that
you create an Admin password for your system.
Polycom, Inc.
Packet Type
Packet that attempts to connect or probe a closed TCP port
Packet that probes a closed UDP port
TCP packet in an invalid state
ICMP or ICMPv6 packet in an invalid state
Packet with an unknown protocol number in the IP header
Stream of ICMP or ICMPv6 ping requests or TCP connections to an opened
TCP port
Administration.
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