Configuring Password Obfuscation
For password obfuscation, you need to configure the encryption key. You can manually define the encryption key or you can trigger the device to automatically generate a key.
If you want to manually configure the key, it must be exactly 32 characters long and can contain a combination of the following characters:
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Lowercase and uppercase letters (a-z and A-Z) |
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Special characters: !, #, $, %, &, (, ), *, +, ,, -, ., /, <, =, >, ?, @, [, ], ^, _, `, {, }, ~ |
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To configure encryption key for password obfuscation: |
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Open the Security Settings page (Setup menu > IP Network tab > Security folder > Security Settings). |
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Scroll down the page to the Encryption Key group: |
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Configure the encryption key, using one of the following methods: |
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Manually: In the 'Encryption Key' field, enter your encryption key. |
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Automatically Generated by Device: Click the Generate Encryption Key button; a message is displayed at the bottom of the page indicating that the key was successfully generated and copied to your clipboard. In addition, the key is partially displayed in the 'Encryption Key' field, showing the first four characters followed by three asterisks (*), for example, "F/sZ***". For future use, you can paste the key from your clipboard to a safe location. |
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Manually: configure network > security-settings > encryption-key assign <your key> |
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Automatically Generated by Device: configure network > security-settings > encryption-key generate |
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Configuration Package File (manually):
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Unzip the downloaded file (you'll be prompted for the password). |
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Open the unzipped file folder, and then create a file with the name "encryption.key" using any text editor (e.g., Notepad). |
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Add an encryption key to the encryption.key file, and then save the file. The following shows an example of an unzipped Configuration Package file with a created encryption file: |
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Compress all the files in the unzipped folder into a 7-Zip archive file: |
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Select all the files in the unzipped folder, right-click, and then from the drop-down menu, choose 7-Zip > Add to archive; the Add to Archive dialog box appears. |
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In the 'Enter password' and 'Reenter password' fields, enter the password that you used to encrypt the downloaded Configuration Package file, and then select the 'Encrypt file names' check box: |
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Click OK; the Configuration Package file is compressed into a 7-Zip archive file. |