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Password Protection: Using FRITZ!Box Safely
12 Password Protection: Using FRITZ!Box Safely
Password protection for access to the user interface is a security fea-
ture of your FRITZ!Box. This section describes how to use a password
for the FRITZ!Box user interface and why you should use password
protection.
Additional security information on using the FRITZ!Box, see the AVM
web site at
en.avm.de/guide/security .
12.1 Login with Password: FRITZ!Box Procedures
The FRITZ!Box offers two ways to configure password protec-
tion:
•
FRITZ!Box password
•
FRITZ!Box user
The two login methods have the following properties:
For instructions on configuring the FRITZ!Box password, see
the section
Using a FRITZ!Box Password from page 59 .
For instructions on configuring FRITZ!Box users, see the sec-
tion
Using FRITZ!Box Users from page 61 .
Property FRITZ!Box Password FRITZ!Box User
Password There is a password needed to
open the FRITZ!Box user inter-
face. There are user accounts.
Every FRITZ!Box user receives
her or his own password for
opening the user interface.
Scope of access With the FRITZ!Box password,
access to all contents and set-
tings in the FRITZ!Box is per-
mitted. For each FRITZ!Box user, in the
user account you define which
contents and settings of the
FRITZ!Box the given user is al-
lowed to access.
Kind of access Login to the user interface is
permitted from devices located
in the home network of the
FRITZ!Box. A FRITZ!Box user can also log
in to the FRITZ!Box user inter-
face—with the appropriate us-
er rights—from the Internet.