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8 speedtouch™ remote access, The speedtouch™ access methods, Restrictions – Technicolor - Thomson Wireless Business DSL Routers SpeedTouchTM620 User Manual

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Chapter 8

SpeedTouch™ Remote Access

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8 SpeedTouch™ Remote Access

The SpeedTouch™

access methods

The SpeedTouch™ offers various access methods to allow configuration and
monitoring of the device.

SpeedTouch™ HTTP

SpeedTouch™ HTTPs access

SpeedTouch™ Telnet access

SpeedTouch™ FTP access

SpeedTouch™ SSH access

However, for obvious security reasons, in the default configuration all these
methods are denied from the WAN side. Explicit configuration is required in order
to allow remote management from the WAN.

Restrictions

Two important factors determine if you are allowed access via a specific method.

The SpeedTouch™

multi-level access policy

:

It determines access rights for users.

The

SpeedTouch™

system service

s:

The SpeedTouch™ access methods are linked to different SpeedTouch™
Services.

A

Service

is an application running on the SpeedTouch™. By activating a

service, the SpeedTouch™ adds the appropriate NAT entries and firewall rules,
for example to disable access to the SpeedTouch™ web host.

Access methods vs

system services

In the table below the access methods and their services are listed:

Configuration via CLI

To allow remote access (from the WAN side) for a certain service, add the WAN
interface group to the

interface access list

of the service. See

“ Configuration via CLI

commands” on page 81

Remote Assistance

It is possible to remotely access the SpeedTouch™ Web Interface for remote
assistance purposes. For more information, refer to Chapter

6

, section

“6.5 Remote

Assistance” on page 72

.

For more information on the multi-level SpeedTouch™ access policy,
please refer to the SpeedTouch™ Multi-Level Access Policy
Configuration Guide.

Access method

System service name

HTTP access

HTTP

HTTPs access

HTTPs

Telnet access

TELNET

SSH access

SSH

FTP access

FTP