
Chapter 1. Understanding IDSL and the Express 6100/6120
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Security
Securityonnetworkdevicesisamajorconcernforalmostanyonewith
a network. The Express 6100/6120 provides many tools for securing
the local network from hostile users. Connections can be authenticat-
ed using passwords. A RADIUS client can also be used.
TheTelnetand webbrowserconfigurationcanalsobeprotectedusing
the same authentication methods. Each menu item in the Express
6100/6120 has a security level associated with it. A Telnet session is
assigneda privilegelevelwhich determineswhichmenu itemsare ac-
cessible tothe Telnet client. See Security Levels on page 3-7 for more
information on menu security levels.
Filters can be defined to prevent certain addresses or protocols from
being transferred from LAN-to-WAN, WAN-to-LAN, or WAN-to-
WAN.
Asalreadymentioned,a web browser canbeused to configuretheEx-
press 6100/6120. This is accomplished by entering http://10.0.0.1 on
anyWindowsInternetExplorerbrowser.IftheExpress6100/6120’sIP
address has been changed from the factory default, then 10.0.0.1
should be replaced by that address.
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