EFI Fiery, Configuration And Setup

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Additional security features
In addition to the traditional security features such as passwords, you can use these features to
keep the Fiery Controller secure:
• E-mail access
• IP addresses, ports, and MAC addresses
• LDAP authentication
Controlling E-mail access to the Fiery Controller
Because you can allow users to print file attachments in e-mail messages sent to the Fiery
Controller, the Fiery Controller accepts only valid attachments (for example, PostScript or
PDF files). Typically, viruses transmitted via e-mail require execution by the receiver.
Attachments that are not valid files are discarded by the Fiery Controller.
Because file types such as .BAT, .VBS, and .EXE could launch harmful virus activity, the Fiery
Controller does not process these file types. The Fiery Controller also ignores e-mails in RTF
(Rich Text Format) or HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) format, and any included
JavaScript code.
You can define lists of authorized e-mail addresses on the Fiery Controller. Any e-mail that the
Fiery Controller receives from an e-mail address not in the authorized list is deleted. For more
information, see
page 44 .
Restricting IP addresses, ports, and MAC addresses
To restrict unauthorized connections to the Fiery Controller, you can permit only users whose
IP addresses or MAC addresses are within a defined range. You can also close unnecessary
ports to reject inbound access from the network. Commands or jobs sent from unauthorized
IP addresses or ports are ignored by the Fiery Controller.
Make sure that the Network Security option in Setup from the printer touch panel is selected.
If you deselect this option, IP address, ports, and Mac address filtering are disabled. For more
information, see
page 26 .
LDAP authentication
When you enable LDAP communication to retrieve names and other information for people
at your organization, you can specify the type of authentication. For more information, see
Configure Help.