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Bridge GUI Guide: Security Configuration
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4.1.17 Fortress Access ID
NOTE: The default
Access ID is repre-
sented by 16 zeros or
the word,
default. Manu-
ally entering either val-
ue returns the Bridge’s
Access ID to its default
setting.
The Access ID provides network authentication for the Fortress
Security System. This 16- or 32-digit hexadecimal ID is
established during installation, after which the same Access ID
must be specified for all of the Bridge’s Secure Clients (and
other connecting Fortress controller devices).
Likewise, if you change the Bridge’s Access ID, you must
subsequently make the same change to all of its Secure
Clients’ Access IDs. For information on setting the Access ID
on Secure Clients, refer to the Fortress Secure Client user
guide.
You can manually enter either a 16-digit or a 32-digit
hexadecimal Access ID of your own composition, or you can
elect to have the Bridge randomly generate an Access ID and
display the result for you to record.
Figure 4.3. Fortress
Access ID
controls, all platforms
NOTE: Secure Cli-
ent versions earli-
er than 3.1 support only
16-digit hexadecimal
Access IDs.
32-digit hexadecimal Access IDs are incompatible with DH-512
key establishment (described in Section 4.1.3). A manually
entered 32-digit Access ID will not be accepted if DH-512 is
selected for key establishment in the Bridge. The length of a
randomly generated Access ID is determined by the key
establishment selections in effect when you click the
GENERATE
ACCESS ID button: if DH-512 is selected, a 16-digit hexadecimal
Access ID is generated; if DH-512 is not selected, a 32-digit
hexadecimal Access ID is generated.
Regardless of how you establish the Bridge’s Access ID,
you
must make a record of the Access ID at the same time that you
create it
. For security purposes, once you have left the screen
on which you establish it, the Access ID can never again be
displayed.
NOTE: A 32-digit
Access ID cannot
be configured when
DH-512 key establish-
ment (Section 4.1.3) is
selected.
To change the Access ID:
1 Log on to the Bridge GUI through an Administrator-level
account and select
Configure -> Security from the menu on
the left.
2 On the Security screen’s Security Settings frame:
If you want to randomly generate the Access ID to be used on
the
Bridge-secured network:
CAUTION: The Ac-
cess ID cannot be
displayed after it has
been created.
Click GENERATE ACCESS ID to generate a 16-digit (when
DH-512 key establishment is selected) or a 32-digit
(when DH-512 is not selected) hexadecimal Access ID.
Record the Access ID in a safe place. Once you have
left the page on which it was generated, the Access ID
can never again be displayed.