Lucent Technologies Definity Audix System Administration Guide

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Ongoing System Security
This chapter d escrib es measures to maximize system security. For d etailed  
information on g eneral system sec urity issues, refer to 
GBCS Prod uc ts Sec urity 
Handb ook
, 555-025-600.
Your DEFINITY AUDIX system has b een c arefully d esig ned  to b e very sec ure. 
Maximum sec urity is assured  b y the following  fac tors:
nSub sc rib ers c an have password s up  to 15 d...

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to tamp er with the sub sc ribers mailb ox. In this event, you may want to 
rep ort the p rob lem to the sub sc rib ers manag er and/or your org anizations 
sec urity offic er. Also, you may want to lower the limit for the numb er of 
c onsec utive attemp ts allowed .
nThe Password  Ag ing  feature req uires sub sc rib ers to c hange their 
p assword  at an interval d efined  by you, the system ad...

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nSet timeouts to a non-trivial limited  numb er of sec ond s.
nEnsure that fac tory-installed  p assword s, whic h are sent with the initial 
installation of the system, have b een c hang ed  to non-trivial p assword s. 
nMonitor ac c ess to the d ial-up  maintenanc e p ort. Chang e the system 
p assword  for the 
cust log in reg ularly and  issue it only to authorized  
p ersonnel.
nConsid er d isc...

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— Password s should  b e p eriod ic ally c hang ed  b ased  on the sensitivity 
of the messag es handled .
— If you set up  a p hantom or remote extension, make sure to test the 
extension to verify that you c annot ac c ess an outsid e line or d ial 
tone. Testing  these extensions will help  you g uard  your system 
ag ainst toll fraud .
Minimizing Toll Fraud
Your DEFINITY AUDIX...

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You selec t the c all transfer typ e in the Transfer Typ e field  on the 
System-Parameters Features sc reen. The d efault is none
. Dep end ing  on your 
type of switc h integ ration and  p ort emulation, you c an c hang e the field  to one of 
the following :
nbasic
 makes the DEFINITY AUDIX system g o off-hook, wait for a 
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To enhanc e sec urity for the Outc alling  feature, you c an turn off outc alling on a 
p er-sub sc rib er basis via the Sub sc rib er or Class of Servic e sc reen. You also c an 
restric t the numb er of dig its that may b e used for outc alling  on a system-wide 
b asis via the System-Parameters Outc alling  sc reen.
If your DEFINITY AUDIX system is intend ed to serve only a sub...

Lucent INTUITY Message Manager and LAN Considerations 
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Lucent INTUITY Message Manager 
and LAN
Considerations 
This chapter provides information for handling DEFINITY AUDIX system 
ad ministration and other issues assoc iated  with the Luc ent I
NTUITY Message 
Manag er (IMM). If you p urc hased  Luc ent I
NTUITY Message Manager with Release 
3.1 or later, the DEFINITY AUDIX system c an b e ad ministered  as a server on a...

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 Lucent INTUITY Message Manager 
Client Software
Eac h PC (or c lient) that ac c esses the DEFINITY AUDIX server must have ac c ess 
to the I
NTUITY Messag e Manag er c lient software (either installed  on eac h PC or 
ac c essib le on the LAN server). If you have not ord ered  this software p reviously, 
c ontac t your Luc ent...

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Administering the DEFINITY AUDIX
System as a LAN Server
Follow the step s in this sec tion to ad minister the DEFINITY AUDIX system as a 
server on the LAN for the Luc ent I
NTUITY Messag e Manag er. The IMM aud io 
interfac e uses the Outc alling  feature to c omp lete a c all to a sub sc rib er’s 
telep hone. You may...

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Maximum Number of Enabled IMAPI Sessions
 
You c an set the maximum numb er of enab led  IMAPI sessions to help  you 
regulate the performance of your DEFINITY AUDIX system. Enter a value from 0
 
to 32
. The maximum is 32 sessions (the d efault).
Enable Check New Messages 
En t e r  y
 (yes) (d efault) in this field...