Explaining the threats targeting remote Cisco CallManager Administration and other applications
Explaining how HTTPS provides secure remote communication and logins to Cisco CallManager Administration
Describing HTTPS certificate details, using Microsoft IIS to save a certificate to a trusted folder, and copying the certificate to a file
Describing how MLA provides multiple levels of security to Cisco CallManager Administration
Enabling MLA and assigning a password to the superuser
Defining a functional group and identifying the two types of functional groups
Defining a user group and identifying how its privileges are mapped to functional groups
Creating a new functional group and a new user group and assigning an access privilege level to the members of the user group
By securing communication with the Cisco CallManager using Secure HTTP (HTTPS), a hacker cannot listen to the data stream during HTTP sessions. In addition, in large voice environments, it is important to distribute the various administration tasks. Cisco CallManager Multilevel Administration Access allows you to assign different authorization levels to administrators. This chapter discusses both the concepts and configuration of HTTPS and MLA on your Cisco CallManager servers.