Avalanche User Guide - Wavelink

Chapter 8: Managing a Mobile Device Server 68The Authorized Users button allows you to assign privileges for a profile to a user that doesnot have rights for that profile. This allows you to give a user permission for one specificprofile, rather than all profiles of a specific type. Users that already have permission for theprofile will not appear in the list of available users. For information about creating users andassigning permissions, see Managing User Accounts on page 35.Mobile Device Server Profile General ConfigurationThe general settings for a mobile device server profile include security, terminal IDs, logging,licenses, secondary servers, and settings for how the server handles mobile device information.Server SecurityAvalanche supports encryption and authentication methods to prevent unauthorized mobiledevices from accessing your network.Avalanche offers two options for encryption:TransportEncryptionStrictTransportEncryptionMatches the level of encryption with the capacity of the mobile device.Communication between the mobile device server and mobile devices will beencrypted to the degree possible.Uses AES encryption for information. Only Enablers that support AESencryption (Enabler 5.0 or newer) will be able to connect to the server whenstrict transport encryption is enabled.Avalanche offers two options for authentication:Mobile DeviceAuthenticationRequires mobile devices to initially connect to the server through aserial connection (RS232) and receive an authentication key. Whenyou enable this option, the Mobile Device Server will challenge anydevice attempting to connect to the server for a password. If themobile device does not have the correct password, the Mobile DeviceServer will not allow a TCP/IP connection.If an environment involves mobile devices roaming from one server toanother, it is strongly recommended that you do NOT activate mobiledevice authentication.