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For review, refer to the ICD SBX-49268 Update SBC to Support New Method of Gatekeeper Access AND SBX-54349 Add Support for Securelink Uninstall AND SBX-54351 Remove Access to Securelink GUI Gatekeeper

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SecureLink (also known as Sonus SecureLink Gatekeeper) is a third party remote management tool used extensively by the Sonus Support

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 Support team. SecureLink allows Sonus dedicated
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 dedicated remote connectivity into your devices while providing you with the latest in security and audit ability. This object provides the ability to view the DNS IP address, SecureLink Gatekeeper version, edit registration code and also the status and results of the host name lookup test and direct connectivity test of the SecureLink access test.

From the SBC main

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 main screen, navigate to Administration > System Administration > SecureLink. The SecureLink window is displayed.

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The security of the SBC

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is enhanced to restrict the port 4680 to "localhost". With this enhancement, you cannot access the Gatekeeper (web-based SecureLink GUI, served from the port 4680) remotely using the management port of the SBC
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. Access to the Gatekeeper tool through your browser is not required to configure SecureLink.

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  •  The SecureLink access is available only for hardware-based SBC.The supported version of the SecureLink server is 5.5.10.
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  • The Open Gatekeeper button is deprecated.  

 

To install and/or uninstall SecureLink, click Install SecureLink and Uninstall SecureLink  respectively. By default, SecureLink is bundled with the SBC application

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 application package. When you install the SBC application
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 application, SecureLink is automatically installed as part of the application installation.

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To uninstall SecureLink:

  • Disable access to Gatekeeper (if it is in enabled state) - click Disable Gatekeeper Access.
  • Click Uninstall SecureLink.

 

To setup SecureLink, perform the following:

  1. Enter the IP address of the DNS server in the DNS IP address field.
  2. Enter the registration code in the Registration code field (The registration code can be obtained from Sonus
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    ).

  3. Click Enable Gatekeeper Access. The Gatekeeper access status is displayed as enabled in the screen.

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    Do not enter the same registration code on both the SBCs

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    s in an HA pair. If you do, only one SBC
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    After the access is enabled, to test the connectivity to the server, allow access on port 22 to securelink.sonusnet.com .

  4. Click Test SecureLink Access to perform the Host name lookup test and Direct connectivity test.

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    The Host name lookup test and Direct connectivity test field status change to In Progress.

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    Once the host name lookup and direct connectivity test is successful, you can access the SecureLink application.

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To disable Gatekeeper Access, perform the following:

  1. On the main screen, go to Administration > System Administration > SecureLink.

  2. Click Disable Gatekeeper Access.

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    It may take a while to disable Gatekeeper Access.

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To collect the logs for troubleshooting SecureLink issues:

  1. Ensure that access to the Gatekeeper is enabled.

  2. Click Gatekeeper Logs.

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    Gatekeeper logs are available in the /var/log/sonus/securelink directory of the SBC

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    . To access the logs, root level privileges are required.

 

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