Netopia R7200, User Reference Manual

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Security 14-1
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The Netopia R7200 provides a number of security features to help protect its configuration screens and your
local network from unauthorized access. Although these features are optional, it is strongly recommended that
you use them.
This section covers the following topics:
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“Suggested security measures” on page 14-1
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“User accounts” on page 14-1
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“Dial-in console access” on page 14-3
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“Enable Smar tStar t/Smar tView/Web ser ver” on page 14-4
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“Telnet access” on page 14-4
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“About filters and filter sets” on page 14-4
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“Working with IP filters and filter sets” on page 14-12
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“IPX filters” on page 14-21 .
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“Firewall tutorial” on page 14-29
Suggested security measures
In addition to setting up user accounts, Telnet access, and filters (all of which are covered later in this chapter),
there are other actions you can take to make the Netopia R7200 and your network more secure:
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Change the SNMP community strings (or passwords). The default community strings are universal and
could easily be known to a potential intruder.
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Set the answer profile so it must match incoming calls to a connection profile.
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Leave the Enable Dial-in Console Access option set to No.
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When using AURP, accept connections only from configured par tners.
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Configure the Netopia R7200 through the serial console por t to ensure that your communications cannot
be intercepted.
User accounts
When you first set up and configure the Netopia R7200, no passwords are required to access the configuration
screens. Anyone could tamper with the router’s configuration by simply connecting it to a console.
However, by adding user accounts, you can protect the most sensitive screens from unauthorized access. User
accounts are composed of name/password combinations that can be given to authorized users.