Cisco 7945G Administration Guide

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Cisco Unified IP Phone 7965G and 7945G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.1(3)
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Chapter 1 An Overview of the Cisco Unified IP Phone
Understanding Security Features for Cisco Unified IP Phones
Related Topics
• Understanding Security Profiles, page 1-13
• Identifying Encrypted and Authenticated Phone Calls, page 1-13
• Device Configuration Menu, page 4-10
• Supporting 802.1X Authentication on Cisco Unified IP Phones, page 1-15
• Security Restrictions, page 1-17
Secure SRST reference
(SCCP pohones only)
After you configure a SRST reference for security and then reset the dependent devices in
Cisco
Unified Communications Manager Administration, the TFTP server adds the SRST
certificate to the phone cnf.xml file and sends the file to the phone. A secure phone then
uses a TLS connection to interact with the SRST-enabled router.
Media encryption Uses SRTP to ensure that the media streams between supported devices proves secure and
that only the intended device receives and reads the data. Includes creating a media master
key pair for the devices, delivering the keys to the devices, and securing the delivery of
the keys while the keys are in transport.
Signaling encryption Ensures that all SCCP signaling messages that are sent between the device and the
Cisco
Unified Communications Manager server are encrypted.
CAPF (Certificate Authority
Proxy Function)
Implements parts of the certificate generation procedure that are too processing-intensive
for the phone, and it interacts with the phone for key generation and certificate installation.
The CAPF can be configured to request certificates from customer-specified certificate
authorities on behalf of the phone, or it can be configured to generate certificates locally.
Security profiles Defines whether the phone is nonsecure, authenticated, or encrypted. See the
“Understanding Security Profiles” section on page 1-13 for more information.
Encrypted configuration files Lets you ensure the privacy of phone configuration files.
Optional disabling of the web
server functionality for a phone
You can prevent access to a phone’s web page, which displays a variety of operational
statistics for the phone.
Phone hardening Additional security options, which you control from Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Administration:
• Disabling PC port
• Disabling Gratuitous ARP (GARP)
• Disabling PC Voice VLAN access
• Disabling access to the Setting menus, or providing restricted access that allows
access to the User Preferences menu and saving volume changes only
• Disabling access to web pages for a phone.
Note You can view current settings for the PC Port Disabled, GARP Enabled, and Voice
VLAN enabled options by looking at the phone’s Security Configuration menu.
For more information, see the
“Device Configuration Menu” section on page 4-10.
802.1X Authentication The Cisco Unified IP Phone can use 802.1X authentication to request and gain access to
the network. See the
“Supporting 802.1X Authentication on Cisco Unified IP Phones”
section on page 1-15 for more information.
Table 1-3 Overview of Security Features (continued)
Feature Description

Cisco 7945G Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	7945G
Category	IP Phone
Language	English