2. Configure the following settings (your changes save automatically):
Setting Description
Lock Admin Account after Failed Logins Specifies the number of failed login attempts allowed
before the system locks the account. You can turn this
setting Off.
Admin Account Lock Duration
Specifies the amount of time an account is locked
because of failed login attempts. After this period expires,
the system resets the failed login attempts counter to
zero, and users can again log in with that account.
Reset Admin Account Lock Counter After
Determines how many hours the failed login window lasts.
The window is a period of time starting with the first
failed login attempt and during which the system counts
subsequent failed attempts against the number allowed.
The counter resets to zero at the end of the window (if
the account is not locked because of failed attempts) and
after a successful login.
Configure System Access Settings
Configure how you and others access the system.
1. In the system web interface, go to Security > Access.
2. Configure the following settings:
Setting
Description
Enable Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) When you enable this setting, the system creates security
log entries when it detects a possible network intrusion.
Enable Web Access Specifies whether you can access the system using the
system web interface.
IMPORTANT: If you disable web access, the Poly TC8
or TC10 won't be able to connect to the system.
Enable Diagnostics Port Idle Session Timeout
Specifies whether to allow the diagnostics port to time
out and close the active session at the configured time
interval of no activity or not. You set the timeout at Idle
Session Timeout in Minutes.
Enable API Port Idle Session Timeout
Specifies whether to allow the API port to time out and
close the active session at the configured time interval
of no activity or not. You set the timeout at Idle Session
Timeout in Minutes.
Enable SNMP Access
Specifies whether to allow SNMP access.
Idle Session Timeout in Minutes Specifies the number of minutes a session can be idle
before it times out.
Maximum Number of Active Sessions Specifies the maximum number of users logged in
through the system web interface or command-line API
(SSH or telnet).
Max Session Timeout in Minutes
Specifies the maximum number of minutes a session can
be open before it times out, regardless of session activity.
Minimum TLS Version Specifies the system minimum TLS version. You can
restrict your system from using earlier versions of TLS
for secure communications. For example, if you set your
minimum TLS version to 1.1, you’re disabling TLS 1.0.
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