Axis Mk II Series - SNMP; Security

M11MkIISeries
Thewebinterface
Ownerauthenticationkey(OAK):ClickGetkeytofetchtheownerauthenticationkey.Thisisonlypossibleifthedeviceis
connectedtotheinternetwithoutarewallorproxy.
SNMP
TheSimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)allowsremotemanagementofnetworkdevices.
SNMP:SelecttheversionofSNMPtouse.
•v1andv2c:
-Readcommunity:Enterthecommunitynamethathasread-onlyaccesstoallsupportedSNMPobjects.The
defaultvalueispublic.
-Writecommunity:EnterthecommunitynamethathasreadorwriteaccesstoallsupportedSNMPobjects
(exceptread-onlyobjects).Thedefaultvalueiswrite.
-Activatetraps:Turnontoactivatetrapreporting.Thedeviceusestrapstosendmessagesforimportant
eventsorstatuschangestoamanagementsystem.Inthewebinterface,youcansetuptrapsforSNMPv1
andv2c.TrapsareautomaticallyturnedoffifyouchangetoSNMPv3orturnoffSNMP.IfyouuseSNMPv3,
youcansetuptrapsthroughtheSNMPv3managementapplication.
-Trapaddress:EntertheIPaddressorhostnameofthemanagementserver.
-Trapcommunity:Enterthecommunitytousewhenthedevicesendsatrapmessagetothemanagement
system.
-Traps:
-Coldstart:Sendsatrapmessagewhenthedevicestarts.
-Warmstart:SendsatrapmessagewhenyouchangeanSNMPsetting.
-Linkup:Sendsatrapmessagewhenalinkchangesfromdowntoup.
-Authenticationfailed:Sendsatrapmessagewhenanauthenticationattemptfails.
Note
AllAxisVideoMIBtrapsareenabledwhenyouturnonSNMPv1andv2ctraps.Formoreinformation,see
AXISOSPortal>SNMP.
•v3:SNMPv3isamoresecureversion,whichprovidesencryptionandsecurepasswords.TouseSNMPv3,we
recommendyoutoactivateHTTPS,asthepasswordisthensentthroughHTTPS.Thisalsopreventsunauthorized
parties’accesstounencryptedSNMPv1andv2ctraps.IfyouuseSNMPv3,youcansetuptrapsthroughtheSNMPv3
managementapplication.
-Passwordfortheaccount“initial”:EntertheSNMPpasswordfortheaccountnamed“initial”.Althoughthe
passwordcanbesentwithoutactivatingHTTPS,wedon’trecommendit.TheSNMPv3passwordcanonly
besetonce,andpreferablyonlywhenHTTPSisenabled.Oncethepasswordisset,thepasswordeldisno
longerdisplayed.Tosetthepasswordagain,youmustresetthedevicetofactorydefaultsettings.
Security
Certicates
Certicatesareusedtoauthenticatedevicesonanetwork.Thedevicesupportstwotypesofcerticates:
•Client/servercerticates
Aclient/servercerticatevalidatesthedevice’sidentity,andcanbeself-signedorissuedbyaCerticateAuthority(CA).
Aself-signedcerticateofferslimitedprotectionandcanbeusedbeforeaCA-issuedcerticatehasbeenobtained.
•CAcerticates
YoucanuseaCAcerticatetoauthenticateapeercerticate,forexampletovalidatetheidentityofanauthentication
serverwhenthedeviceconnectstoanetworkprotectedbyIEEE802.1X.Thedevicehasseveralpre-installedCA
certicates.
Theseformatsaresupported:
•Certicateformats:.PEM,.CER,and.PFX
•Privatekeyformats:PKCS#1andPKCS#12
Important
Ifyouresetthedevicetofactorydefault,allcerticatesaredeleted.Anypre-installedCAcerticatesarereinstalled.
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