Multi Database Security - Honeywell Rapid Eye Administrator's Manual

Security for a Multi-Media System
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Multi Database Security

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Administrator account password
function in Admin and View. They can access every Rapid Eye site in your system. Add a
password to this account to control it (as explained in
195). The Administrator account password also protects units from unauthorized clearing
of storage (see Preventing Users from Clearing
others based on the Administrator account, should be kept secure and changed regularly.
User account password
as called for by your organization's security requirements.
Passwords can be:
• Of variable length. Compose passwords of up to 50 alphanumeric characters.
Double-quotes (") cannot be used.
• Repeated. Your Multi System Administrator (Multi SA) has the option of assigning the
same password or differing passwords to different users.
• Deleted (that is, emptied). This is equivalent to not assigning a password. There is
no reset function. Your Multi SA does not need to know a user account password to
delete it. A Multi SA only needs to remember/log the Administrator password.
• Set only by a Multi SA. A View operator cannot set a user account password, only
the Multi SA can.
Using Text Securely in Multi Password Boxes
• To prevent onlookers from obtaining a password, asterisks appear onscreen as you
type in these boxes.
• To prevent use of the Windows Clipboard to obtain passwords, Multi software
prevents the copying or cutting of passwords from password boxes.
• To help guarantee against a typing error when a password is set up, you are asked to
enter the password again, in the Confirm password box.
• To further guarantee against a typing error when setting passwords, you can paste
copied text into a password box.
Insert numbers into common words for more secure passwords. For example, a
password such as security is made more secure as secur2691ity. Such passwords
are easier to remember than randomly generated passwords.
Like most Multi-Media security features, using network means to protect a Multi database
is optional. If the Multi db is protected, Multi-Media unit operators need read/write
permissions for the Multi db.
Protecting the Database from Deletion
The Multi db can be protected using server file system capabilities. As a preventive measure
against the accidental deletion of a Multi db, back it up and use network security settings
(such as NTFS security). See
Users of the Administrator account can use every
Storage, page 142). This password and any
A user's password can be unique or the same as another user's,
Deleting a Database on page 277.
Administrator Password on page