Lucent Technologies BCS Products Security Handbook Addendum

Messaging 2000 Voice Mail System 
2-1 Overview 
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BCS Products 
Security Handbook Addendum  585-025-600ADD  Issue 1
May 1999
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2Messaging 2000 Voice Mail System
Overview
The Messag ing  2000 (M2000) System p rovid es Voic e Mail servic es for the 
MERLIN Leg end  Communic ation System. The system is PC b ased  and utilizes 
the IBM OS-2 op erating  system. The system is c onnec ted  to the Leg end  system 
via line-sid e VMI p orts. These p orts allow ac c ess to the voic e mailb oxes 
assoc iated  with...

BCS Products 
Security Handbook Addendum  585-025-600ADD  Issue 1
May 1999
Messaging 2000 Voice Mail System 
2-2 Maintaining Message 2000 System Security 
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When these p arameters are d isab led , c allers d ialing  an extension that has 
not b een assig ned  an M2000 mailbox will hear, “ Mailb ox numb er is not 
valid . Please redial the numb er of the p erson you are c alling .”
NOTE:
It is rec ommend ed  that these p arameters are set to d isab le transfer 
to invalid  mailb oxes.
nImp eding  Callers...

BCS Products 
Security Handbook Addendum  585-025-600ADD  Issue 1
May 1999
Messaging 2000 Voice Mail System 
2-3 Maintaining Message 2000 System Security 
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Password  p arameter b e set to at least 5. Note that the leng th of this 
p arameter must b e set to b alanc e system sec urity ag ainst ease of use for 
the sub sc rib ers. Setting  this p arameter too hig h may make it d iffic ult for 
system sub sc rib ers to rememb er their p assword s.
nRequiring Subscribers to Regularly Change Their Passwords...

BCS Products 
Security Handbook Addendum  585-025-600ADD  Issue 1
May 1999
Messaging 2000 Voice Mail System 
2-4 Maintaining Message 2000 System Security 
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nProvid ing  Notific ation of Unsuc c essful Mailb ox Login Attemp ts
The M2000 system c an send  voic e notific ation to sub sc rib ers when one or 
more unsuc c essful log in attemp ts have been mad e to their mailb oxes. 
This feature informs sub sc rib ers that someone may have attemp ted  to 
g ain unauthorized  ac c ess to their mailb oxes.
The...

BCS Products 
Security Handbook Addendum  585-025-600ADD  Issue 1
May 1999
Messaging 2000 Voice Mail System 
2-5 Maintaining Message 2000 System Security 
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nDeleting Unused Mailboxes Immediately
If a mailb ox is no longer b eing  used , it is rec ommend ed  that the mailb ox 
b e immed iately d eleted  from the M2000 system. This will p revent anyone 
from g aining  unauthorized  system ac c ess throug h the mailb ox. If a 
mailbox is being reassigned to a new mailbox owner, it is strongly 
rec ommend...

BCS Products 
Security Handbook Addendum  585-025-600ADD  Issue 1
May 1999
Messaging 2000 Voice Mail System 
2-6 Security Recommendations for Remote Access 
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It is rec ommend ed  that at least a 6-dig it p assword  b e used for b oth the 
level 2 and  level 3 p assword s. The long er the level 2 and  level 3 
p assword s, the more d iffic ult it b ec omes for someone to g uess them. It is 
also rec ommend ed  that all sup ervisor p assword s b e c hang ed on a 
reg ular b asis to further p rotec t ag...

New and Updated Security Checklists 
3-1 Overview 
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BCS Products 
Security Handbook Addendum  585-025-600ADD  Issue 1
May 1999
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3New and Updated Security 
Checklists
Overview
The following c hec klists d esc rib e sec urity features for a new Luc ent 
Tec hnolog ies p rod uc t, the Messag ing  2000 Voic e Mail System, and  up d ates the 
sec urity feature c hec klist for several PARTNER c ommunic ations systems and  
PARTNER mail systems. 
NOTE:
The c hec klists p rovid e sp ac e for marking  the...

BCS Products 
Security Handbook Addendum  585-025-600ADD  Issue 1
May 1999
New and Updated Security Checklists 
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Messaging 2000 Voice Mail System
See also the g eneral sec urity c hec klist for all BCS Prod uc ts in the BC S Pro d u c t s 
Sec urity Handb ook
, 555-025-600, Ap p end ix H, and  see the sec urity list for the 
host c ommunic ations system.
C us tom er : _________________________________________
PBX Typ e: _________________________________________
Loc...

BCS Products 
Security Handbook Addendum  585-025-600ADD  Issue 1
May 1999
New and Updated Security Checklists 
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[ Req uired ]  All remote ac c ess 
logins to the system must b e 
ad ministered  to req uire the use of a 
sec ond ary p assword .
[ Rec ommend ed]  Use the 
Rand omly Generated  method of 
assigning passwords to new 
mailb oxes.
[ Rec ommend ed]  Reg ularly monitor 
the Uninitialized  Mailb ox rep ort to 
d etermine if subsc rib ers have 
changed their...

BCS Products 
Security Handbook Addendum  585-025-600ADD  Issue 1
May 1999
New and Updated Security Checklists 
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[ Req uired ]  Set the Consec utive 
Log in Failures Before Loc k-Out 
p arameter on the Sub sc rib er tab  in 
System Setup  to sp ec ify how many 
unsuc c essful log in attemp ts are 
allowed before mailboxes are 
loc ked .
[ Req uired ]  Enab le the Mailb ox 
Loc k-Out Op tion in subsc ribers’ 
c lasses of servic e and  the Mailb ox 
Loc k-Out op tion...