Operating Instructions

5
Request Regarding Securit
y
W
hen usin
g
this product, securit
y
breaches of the t
y
pe described below are conceivable
.
Leaka
g
e of
y
our private information via this produc
t
•
I
llegal operation o
f
this product by a malicious third-part
y
•
Harm to or cessation o
f
operation o
f
this product by a malicious third-part
y
•
B
e sure to implement suf cient security measures
.
Set passwords, and limit the users that are permitted login access
.
•
M
ake sure the password is as hard to guess as possible.•
C
han
g
e the password periodicall
y.
•
Panasonic Corporation and its af liated companies never directly ask customers for their password. Do not give •
out your password even i
f
directly asked by a third-party representing themselves as Panasonic
C
orporation
.
A
lwa
y
s use on a network that has safet
y
protection such as a  rewall implemented
.
•
Ab
out
Wi
re
l
ess L
AN
s
The advanta
g
e of a wireless LAN is that information can be exchan
g
ed between a PC or other such equipment and an
access point usin
g
radio waves as lon
g
as
y
ou are within ran
g
e for radio transmissions.
O
n the other hand, because the radio waves can travel through obstacles
(
such as walls
)
and are available everywhere
within a given range, problems o
f
the type listed below may occur i
f
security-related settings are not made
.
A malicious third-part
y
ma
y
intentionall
y
intercept and monitor transmitted data includin
g
the content of e-mail and•
p
ersonal in
f
ormation such as your ID, password, and
/
or credit card numbers.
A malicious third-part
y
ma
y
access
y
our personal or corporate network without authorization and en
g
a
g
e in the•
f
ollowing types o
f
behavior.
R
etrieve personal and
/
or secret in
f
ormation
(
in
f
ormation leak
)
S
pread false information b
y
impersonatin
g
a particular person
(
spoofin
g)
O
verwrite intercepted communications and issue false data
(
tamperin
g)
S
pread harm
f
ul so
f
tware such as a computer virus and crash your data and
/
or system
(
system crash
)
S
ince most wireless LAN adapters or access points are equipped with securit
y
features to take care of these problems,
y
ou can reduce the possibilit
y
of these problems occurrin
g
when usin
g
this product b
y
makin
g
the appropriate securit
y
s
ettin
g
s for the wireless LAN device.
S
ome wireless LAN devices may not be set
f
or security immediately a
f
ter purchase. To decrease the possibility o
f
occurrence of securit
y
problems, before usin
g
an
y
wireless LAN devices, be absolutel
y
sure to make all securit
y
-related
s
ettin
g
s accordin
g
to the instructions
g
iven in the operation manuals supplied with them.
Depending on the speci
f
ications o
f
the wireless LAN, a malicious third-party may be able to break security settings by
s
pec
i
a
l
means
.
Please contact Panasonic if
y
ou need help takin
g
care of securit
y
settin
g
s or other such
.
If
y
ou cannot perform securit
y
settin
g
s for
y
our wireless LAN b
y
y
ourself, please contact the Panasonic Support Center
.
Panasonic asks customers to thoroughly understand the risk o
f
using this product without making security settings, and
r
ecommends that the customer make security settings at their own discretion and responsibility.