Black Box KV9304A, User Manual

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4-, 8-, AND 16-PORT SERVSWITCH EC SERIES IP KVM SWITCH
Table 4-3 (continued). Security Profile screen options.
Parameter Description
Set master password button Click on this button to save the new password.
Idle Session Timeout When a login session is left unused for some
(scroll down in Figure 4-6 to time, disconnect the user. This applies to Web
see this option) login sessions (via cookies) and SSH logins.
Disable this feature by setting the value to zero.
Internal Firewall Setup See the description below.
(scroll down in Figure 4-6 to
see this option)
VNC Security Login See the description on the next page.
(scroll down in Figure 4-6 to
see this option)
Access Sharing Policy See the description on the next page.
(scroll down in Figure 4-6 to
see this option)
Internal Firewall Setup
As an additional layer of protection, the ServSwitch supports an internal firewall.
When this feature is enabled, connections will only be accepted from listed hosts.
For example, the administrator can type in
10.1.0.1/240
in the Accept field.
Client computers with an IP address between 10.1.0.1 and 10.1.0.240 can access the
ServSwitch with the right username and password. On the other hand, the user can
type in
192.168.1.0/20
, for example, in the Reject field. Client computers with
IP addresses between 192.168.1.0 and 192.168.1.20 will not be able to access the
ServSwitch. There are three ways to type in the IP addresses:
1. Specific IP addresses: for example,
10.1.0.1, 10.1.0.5
,….
2. Net Range: for example,
10.1.0.1/240
3. Host Names: for example,
yahoo.com, google.com,
…