CounterPath Bria 3.0 Provisioning Guide – Retail Deployments - Manual (Page 13)

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2 Login and Configuring
2.1 Credentials Required
2.1.1 Types of Credentials
Login Credentials
Login refers to the process of signing into the VoIP service. The Bria user must enter login credentials – user
name and password – in order to access to Bria.
Login credentials cannot be changed through provisioning.
SIP Account Credentials
Once the user has logged in, the SIP account credentials allow the user to register for your VoIP service; they
are known to your SIP registrar. These credentials are user name, password, and the optional authorization user
name.
SIP credentials are always required. They can be changed through provisioning.
XMPP Account Credentials
Once the user has logged in, the XMPP credentials allow the user to access the XMPP service; they are known
to the XMPP server. These credentials are user name and password.
XMPP credentials are required only if you support XMPP accounts. They can be changed through provisioning.
2.1.2 Providing Credentials
When setting up a new user, give the user their login credentials, outside of Bria. You do not give the user the
account credentials; instead, these credentials will be sent down through provisioning.
The account user name and login user name can be identical or different.
• The login user name is meaningful to the user (for example, their own name).
• The account user name follows the syntax for your accounts – it may be a number or words.
The account password and the login password are typically different for security reasons.
• The login password should not be encrypted, because the user will enter it manually.
• The account password does not have to be human-readable.
The authorization user name (one of the account credentials but not a login credential) is optional.
• An authorization user name is useful, for example, if you allow usernames that are short and therefore easy
to guess. The authorization user name is used in place of the user name to register the account with the
proxy. It provides an added layer of security.