RADWIN2000UserManual Release2.8.30 9‐17
LinkLockSecurityFeature
Figure9‐10:AlternativeCommunityDialogbox
LinkLockSecurityFeature
LinkLockisapartofRADWIN’ssecurityconceptintendedtomeetaformofabuse
encounteredinthefield.ItisdesignedtopreventthesituationwherearemoteODU
canbestolenandusedasa“pirate”linktostealservicesorinformation.TheLink
LockfeatureactuallylocksthelocalODUtobesynchronizedONLYtospecificremote
ODU. Itisasiteorientedfeature.
Thelockcanonlybesetfromalivelink.ItisbasedonMACauthenticationandissite
orientedandactivated onaperODUbasis.Forexample,ifyoulocktheSiteBODUto
theSiteAODU,youmuststilllocktheSiteAODUtotheSiteBODUtoensure
completetwowaylocking.
LinkLockcanonlyberemovedwhenthelinkisunsynchronized.Insuchacase,an
alarmisraisedbytheRADWINManager.
ToenableLinkLock:
1.ClickSiteAonthemaintoolbar.
2.ChoosetheSecuritytab.Thefollowingwindowisdisplayed: