Select a user password policy, 9 select a user password policy – Linkskey LKV-IPM01 User Manual

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KLE User Guide R1.2

Here you should enter the password that has encrypted the server private key in the
server private key file, serverkey.pem. You should enter the correct server password

here in order to make successful viewer connection with KLE in level 3 security

setting. If you use the standard set of certificates provided on the Support CD ROM
disc, the password that encrypts the server private key is

serverpwd

However, if you use your own set of certificates, you should get the correct server
password from the Certificate Authority that issues those certificates.


Step 2. Go to the Apply Setting page and hit the Apply Setting button to validate

your selection.

2.9 Select a User Password Policy

Step 1. Select a User Password Policy.
KLE offers three types of password policies On the drop-down combo box, you can

select your password policy for viewer connections:

No Password
Global Password
User Password

No Password – the viewer will prompt you for no password. Anyone who is with the viewer

and passes the security level check of the viewer could well establish the connection.

Global Password – the viewer will prompt you for a global password, which is used by all who

want to make viewer connections to KLE.
User Password – the viewer will prompt you with user-specific password. With this setting,

each login user will be checked against his or her corresponding password before allowing
viewer connection.

Global user password : If you adopt the Global Password Policy. Here you should
enter the password that is used when the global user password setting is enabled as
your active password policy.


Step 2. Go to the Apply Setting page and hit the Apply Setting button to validate

your selection.

There are altogether nine ( 3 x 3) possible combinations of Viewer Security Levels + Password Policies

that are available for a flexibility to adapt to your security needs. The administrator can choose an optimized
combination of user password policy and the SSL / PKI Authentication according to his security/convenience
concern.

User Password Policy

No

password

Global

Password

User-specific

Password

No SSL-No PKI N – N – N

G – N – N

U – N - N

SSL – No PKI N – S – N

G – S – N

U – S - N

SSL / PKI

Authentication

SSL - PKI N – S – P

G – S – P

U – S - P

G – Global Password U – User-specific Password

S – 128-bit SSL Encryption

P – 1024-bit PKI Authentication

N – Not available

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