Lucent Technologies Remote Port Security Device Users Guide

Remote Port Security Device
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RPSD Lock or Key Administration Terminal
The administration terminals for both Lock and Key are customer supplied. Any 
administration terminal for the RPSD Lock or for the RPSD Key must meet the 
following requirements:
nAsynchronous
nFull or half-duplex
nStandard RS-232 interface for connection to a DCE interface
nBaud rate in the range 300–19.2K (19.2K is the maximum rate for the...

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Software Components
The software for the RPSD system is contained within the hardware components 
and does not need to be loaded separately. If you are not installing an RPSD 
Key, you need only set the date and time for the RPSD Lock and, in the case of 
multiple Locks, a Lock ID. If you are installing RPSD Keys, you must do some 
additional initialization on the Lock(s). 

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System Administration
The RPSD Lock prevents unauthorized access to the channel used by Lucent 
Technologies personnel to perform maintenance and/or to administer your 
communications system. When you administer the RPSD, keep in mind that 
access via telephone lines is not the only means of breaching the security of your 
system. A system can be breached, for example, by...

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System Activity Log
The System Activity Log retains a log history of the last 500 status messages 
generated by the Lock. Status messages include a history (including date and 
time) of the following RPSD system activity:
nAny RPSD system administration
nCalls received attempting to access the host resource
nThe outcome of any access attempts (connected or failed)
nThe reason for...

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Figure 1-4. Sample Log History
The fields of the System Activity Log entries are:
nMessage Authentication Code/ Sequence Number—The Message 
Authentication code generated for each entry on the System Activity Log. 
The code is generated to protect the integrity of the Log History. The 
Message Authentication is followed by a period (“.”) and the sequence 
number of each status...

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When a user’s access attempt fails, an access failure status message is 
generated indicating the reason for the failure. Table 3-2 on page 3-43
 lists the 
codes and status messages, and the meaning of each failure message. The List 
Statistics command can also be used to get a very brief description for each 
code. For instructions on how to use the Log History command to...

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Block Lucent Technologies and Other Key Users
You may wish to block one or more Key users from accessing the RPSD Lock. Do 
this by using the Block User command. You do not need to inform the Key user 
that the Key has been blocked. If a blocked Key user attempts access, the Lock 
blocks the attempt and sends a message to the Lock administration terminal or 
printer, explaining the...

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Authorized Keys
You may authorize up to 50 RPSD Key user IDs on each RPSD Lock. Ten 
additional Key user IDs are permanently reserved for Lucent Technologies 
personnel to administer and maintain the communications system, peripheral 
equipment, or adjuncts via the RMATS port. The 10 user IDs permanently 
reserved for Lucent Technologies personnel cannot be deleted. However, the...

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NOTE:
A single Key can be used to access multiple Locks.
See the Add User command for the procedure for adding users and the Remove 
User command for the procedure for removing users, both described in the 
“System Administrator Command Set” section of Chapter 3. 

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