HP PageWide Pro 577dw Printing Security Best Practices: Configuring a Printer - Page 18

User Name, Authentication passphrase, Privacy, passphrase, In the New SNMPv3 Credential

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Figure 5: The Enable SNMPv3 checkbox is selected 3. In the New SNMPv3 Credential section, enter a User Name, Authentication passphrase, and Privacy passphrase in the text-fields (Figure 6). Note: The User Name can be any name you choose. The Authentication passphrase and Privacy passphrase must be at least nine (9) characters and contain both numbers and letters. Figure 6: Information entered into text-fields in the SNMP Version Access Control dialog box CAUTION: These instructions are for the initial configuration of SNMPv3. Once you finish this configuration, your devices will require these credentials whenever anyone attempts to access settings over the network. Be sure to remember these credentials and provide them only to authorized users. If you forgot these credentials, the only way to restore communication between HP Web Jetadmin and the print devices is to restore the factory default settings. Web Jetadmin retains the SNMPv3 credentials for each device, and it will not prompt for them as long as the settings remain the same. You can clear the Web Jetadmin Device Cache to cause Web 14

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Figure 5: The Enable SNMPv3 checkbox is selected
3.
In the New SNMPv3 Credential section, enter a
User Name
,
Authentication passphrase
, and
Privacy
passphrase
in the text-fields (Figure 6).
Note:
The
User Name
can be any name you choose.
The
Authentication passphrase
and
Privacy passphrase
must be
at least nine (9) characters and contain both numbers and letters.
Figure 6: Information entered into text-fields in the SNMP Version Access Control dialog box
CAUTION:
These instructions are for the initial configuration of SNMPv3.
Once you finish this configuration, your devices will require these
credentials whenever anyone attempts to access settings over
the network. Be sure to remember these credentials and provide
them only to authorized users. If you forgot these credentials, the
only way to restore communication between HP Web Jetadmin
and the print devices is to restore the factory default settings.
Web Jetadmin retains the SNMPv3 credentials for each device,
and it will not prompt for them as long as the settings remain the
same. You can clear the Web Jetadmin Device Cache to cause Web