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Chapter 29: Tools and Applications
AltiWare ACM 5.1 Administration Manual 393
To check extension security
1. Select the security characteristics you want to check in the Show field group.
2. Click Refresh. Extensions with the selected insecure characteristics will appear in
the Extension List.
3. Make changes to extensions from the right-click menus, or advise extension user(s)
to make changes.
4. After changes have been made (for example in AltiWare Administrator, AltiView, or
with right-click commands in this tool), click Reload to fetch the new settings from
AltiWare.
Security characteristics for extensions you select in the Extension List display in the
Unsecure Elements panel.
5. (Optional) Click Export to export the data in the Extension List to a text file.
Note: You are advised to run this security check periodically and remind extension users
to use secure passwords.
Status Description
Secure Pwd + Internal
Only
Has secure password and cannot make
outbound trunk calls
Unsecure Pwd
Password has unsecure elements described in
Unsecure Elements window
Outbound-capable
Can make outbound trunk calls
Unsecure Pwd +
Outbound
Password has unsecure elements described in
Unsecure Elements window AND can make
outbound trunk calls
Password Expired
Password is expired
Attacked
8 consecutive false password attempts have
been made
Locked
Extension has been locked by system due to
attack or by System Administrator
Password Match
To detect if an extension uses a specific trivial
password, such as street adress, zip code,
phone number, enter that string here.