Access Control
Access Control – Local Users Configuration
Microsemi PDS-408G Web Management User Guide Ver. 1.0.1, 03-2019
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ACCESS CONTROL
The pages under Access Control control who can access the unit, from what type of network interface,
who will verify the remote user username and password (by the unit locally, or by RADIUS/
Authentication Server), etc.
5.1
Access Control – Local Users Configuration
This page allows to change the admin user password, add or remove additional users, and change
users’ password.
5.1.1
Changing the admin password
Click on the user
admin
located under
Local Users
. Select
Change Password
. Enter a new password
and press
Save
.
5.1.2
Changing a username or a password
To change a username (other than admin), you need to delete the old user first, and then add the new
user instead.
To change an existing user password, click on the user name. Select
Change Password
and enter the
new password.
5.2
Access Control – Web Server HTTPS Configuration
HTTP/HTTPS
- Controls whether the unit embedded web server should operate in HTTP or HTTPS
mode. HTTPS uses TLS v1.2 encryption to encrypt all Web network traffic between the user web
browser and the unit Web Server.
Figure 5-1: Web Server HTTP/HTTPS Configuration
Certificate Maintain
– This option offers the administrator to manage the unit web-server’s self-signed
or CA signed certificate, used by web clients to verify if the unit web site is legit. Adding such a
certificate into the unit should eliminate the browser warning message, which recommends to the user
to avoid browsing to the unit.
Figure 5-2: Unsecure HTTPS browsing warning
The following certificate management options are available:
•
None
: No action (default).
•
Delete
: Delete the certificate being used by the Web Server. Since HTTPS cannot operate
without a certificate, this option can be executed only when the Web Server is configured as
HTTP Web Server.
NOTE:
NOTE1 – The unit is shipped with a default username admin and with no password. It is strongly
recommended to assign a strong password instead.
NOTE2 – The username admin can’t be removed or changed, only its password