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Table 8-1: Functions affected by security codes
Function Security code 1 set Security code 2 set Security code 3 set
data logger program Cannot change or retrieve
All communications
prohibited
Settings editor
and Status table
Writable variables cannot be changed
Setting clock unrestricted Cannot change or set
Public table unrestricted
Writable variables
cannot be changed
Collecting data unrestricted unrestricted
See Security(1), Security(2), Security(3) (p. 186) for the related fields in the Settings Editor.
For additional information on data logger security, see:
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4 Ways to Make your Data More Secure
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Available Security Measures for Internet-Connected Dataloggers
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How to Use Datalogger Security Codes
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How Can Data be Made More Secure on a CRBasic PakBus Datalogger
8.2.2 Creating a .csipasswd file
The data logger employs a security code scheme that includes three levels of security (see Data
logger security (p. 111) for more information). This scheme can be used to limit access to a data
logger that is publicly available. However, the security codes are visible in Device Configuration
Utility. In addition, the range of codes is relatively small. To provide a more robust means of
security, Basic access authentication was implemented with the HTTP API interface in the form of
an encrypted password file named
.csipasswd
. Read/write access to the web interface
requires a
.csipasswd
file. The web interface provides access to real-time and stored data
logger data. For more information on the web interface, watch an instructional video .
NOTE:
Ethernet over USB (RNDIS) is considered a direct communications connection. Therefore, it is
a trusted connection and csipasswd does not apply.
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