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Figure 15: Embedded Web Server Interface

14.1 Authentication

For security, the interface requires valid user authentication when the web page
is accessed or the point information is modified. The authentication request will
appear as a browser popup box that will request entry of a user name and
password. The unit contains two different security realms: an administrator
realm and a user realm. Each of these realms has a different username and
password, and applies to different activities. This division of authentication
realms allows a device administrator to retain control of critical items (such as
changing a unit’s IP address or modifying point values and point definitions)
while allowing a device user with appropriate authorization to monitor point
values (i.e. observe the status of the attached network devices).

Refer to Figure 16 for a screen shot of the administrator realm authentication
dialog box, and Table 1 for initial factory-set authentication values. Note that
the username and password are case-sensitive, and that once authenticated,

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