Security
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7.1
Protection for the configuration
BAT54-Rail/F..
Release
7.54
06/08
Note: As long as a password hasn't been set, anyone can change the con-
figuration of the device. For example, your Internet account information
could be stolen, or the device could be reconfigured in a way that the pro-
tection-mechanisms could by bypassed.
Note: Note: If a password has not been set, the Power LED flashes, until the
devices have been configured correctly.
U Tips for proper use of passwords
We would like to give you a few tips here for using passwords:
D Keep a password as secret as possible.
Never write down a password. For example, the following are popular but
completely unsuitable: Notebooks, wallets and text files in computers. It
sounds trivial, but it can't be repeated often enough: don't tell anyone your
password. The most secure systems surrender to talkativeness.
D Only transmit passwords in a secure manner.
A selected password must be reported to the other side. To do this, select
the most secure method possible. Avoid: Non-secure e-mail, letter, or fax.
Informing people one-on-one is preferable. The maximum security is
achieved when you personally enter the password at both ends.
D Select a secure password.
Use random strings of letters and numbers. Passwords from common lan-
guage usage are not secure. Special characters such as '&“?#-*+_:;,!°'
make it difficult for potential attackers to guess your password and in-
crease the security of the password.
Note: Capital and small letters are distinguished in the configuration pass-
word.
D Never use a password twice.
If you use the same password for several purposes, you reduce its secu-
rity effect. If the other end is not secure, you also endanger all other con-
nections for which you use this password at once.
D Change the password regularly.
Passwords should be changed as frequently as possible. This requires ef-
fort, however considerably increases the security of the password.
D Change the password immediately if you suspect someone else
knows it.
If an employee with access to a password leaves the company, it is high
time to change this password. A password should also always be
changed when there is the slightest suspicion of a leak.
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