Printer Supply Monitor (PSM) - Technical Specifications PSM Rack Appliance V5 / PSM VMWare V5 (64 Bit Image)
Configurable communication options: SMTP email The SMTP server used for sending alerts can be configured within PSMs web GUI. However, the mail server must be accessible on port 25. The security depends on the mail server. If the mail server allows for unauthenticated mail sending, then PSM can send emails to the outside world. We recommend to configure the mail server, to not allow unauthenticated mail sending. You can assign a Userid/Password inside PSM and configure that inside PSM to allow authenticated mail sending. The Destination Email recipients for Orders/Alerts can be configured in the PSM Administration > Email Setup, on the Groups, or on each configured Printer inside PSM. FTP An outgoing FTP connection by PSM is made, if one or both of the two Options is configured: - Automatic Backup by FTP (in the PSM Administration > Backup/Restore). If configured, PSM will try to send a .tar File containing the MySQL Database and the PSM Program Files to the configured Destination - Automatic Import (in the Printers > Add Printer Section). If specified, PSM tries to import a csv File containing the Printers for import into PSM from the Source Address configured. DNS Up to 2 DNS Servers can be configured to allow Name Resolution. The Name Servers can be configured in the PSM Program Administration > Network Setup Section. NTP To allow Time Synchronization, you can configure a Time Server. This can be done in the PSM Program Administration > Network Setup Section Security Considerations / Risks The 64 Bit Version of PSM is very restricted in terms of access. The only incoming Port allowed is Port 80, which is used to configure and Monitor PSM. All other Services are either disabled, or restricted to console access only. The Console (VMWare Console if VMWare or VGA Port if Rack Appliance) is restricted as well. Only the configuration of IP Address, Shutdown and Reboot is possible from there. Security Advice: We recommend to change the PSM admin Password as soon as possible, and use a complex password for the Userid "admin". Since the http communication runs unencrypted, you may want to allow access to PSM only from a certain IP Addresses and protect it with a Firewall. However you have to make sure, that PSM is still able to query all configured Printers by SNMP, and that it has access to the Mail server. |
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January 16, 2021, 4:35 pm