1 changing bridge gui passwords in the cli, 2 changing the bridge cli password, 5 security settings in the cli – Fortress Technologies ecure Wireless Access Bridge User Manual

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Fortress Bridge: Command-Line Interface

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6.4.4.1

Changing Bridge GUI Passwords in the CLI

NOTE:

Passwords

should be a mini-

mum of eight charac-
ters long and contain a
mix of upper and lower-
case letters and numer-
als.

Which GUI password is set depends upon the username
argument:

admin

sets the administrator password,

operator

,

the view-only password. Use the

set

passwd

command, as

follows:

[GW]>

set passwd web {admin|operator}

Enter Current Password:

<oldpassword>

Enter New Password:

<newpassword>

Re-enter New Password:

<newpassword>

NOTE:

Usernames

are predeter-

mined for all Fortress
Bridge interface options;
they cannot be changed.

The default Bridge GUI admin password is

admin

. The default

operator password is

operator

.

GUI passwords must be at least eight characters long.

The

set

passwd

command is valid only in GW (gateway) mode

(refer to Section 6.1.1 for more detail).

6.4.4.2

Changing the Bridge CLI Password

Use the

set

passwd

command to change the CLI password, as

follows:

[GW]>

set passwd cli sysadm

Changing password for sysadm
Enter the new password (minimum of 5, maximum of 8 characters)
Please use a combination of upper and lower case letters and numbers.
Enter new password:

<newpassword>

Re-enter new password:

<newpassword>

Password changed.

The default CLI password is

sysadm

.

The

set

passwd

command is valid only in GW (gateway) mode

(refer to Section 6.1.1 for more detail).

6.4.5

Security Settings in the CLI

Security settings on the Fortress Bridge include encryption
algorithm, re-keying interval, Access ID, operating mode,
enabling/disabling SSH and the Bridge GUI, and system
passwords.

Except for system passwords, all security settings can be
viewed through the CLI.

Security settings are configured through the

set

command,

using various options, as described in the following
subsections.

6.4.5.1

Encryption Algorithm in the CLI

The encryption algorithm determines how the Bridge encodes
data.

All of the Bridge’s Secure Clients must be configured to use the
same encryption algorithm as the Bridge. For information on
setting encryption algorithms on Secure Clients, refer to your
Fortress Secure Client user guide.

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