Zixi Security Best Practices
Configuring the Security Setti...
Replacing the Default Login Passwords
2 min
all zixi resources come with a preconfigured admin account, which can perform all actions in the system for broadcaster you can add additional users with the following roles operator can perform read/write on all streams but cannot modify the configurations in the settings screens user can only perform read actions on streams and can switch between existing streams observer can perform only read actions on the streams the default password for the "admin" account is "1234" following the installation, it is strongly recommended to replace this with a "strong" password every organization has its own password policy, but generally, a strong password should include the following at least six characters a combination of letters, numbers and symbols (@, #, $, %, etc ) both lowercase and uppercase letters to replace the default passwords in zixi broadcaster/zec in the zixi broadcaster navigation, click settings the settings page opens showing the general tab in the general section, in the admin password field, enter a "strong" password if you have activated one or more additional accounts with the role of operator, user, and/or observer (by selecting the checkbox for enable read/write user except for settings screen…, enable read only user + ability to switch streams … and/or enable read only user) then replace each of the passwords with a “strong” password