
Request Regarding Security
Whenusingthisproduct,securitybreachesofthetypedescribedbelowareconceivable.
Leakageofyourprivateinformationviathisproduct•
Illegal operation of this product by a malicious third-party•
Harm to or cessation of operation of this product by a malicious third-party•
Besuretoimplementsufcientsecuritymeasures.
Setpasswords,andlimittheusersthatarepermittedloginaccess.•
Make sure the password is as hard to guess as possible.•
Change the password periodically.•
PanasonicCorporationanditsafliatedcompaniesneverdirectlyaskcustomersfortheirpassword.Donotgive•
outyourpasswordevenifdirectlyaskedbyathird-partyrepresentingthemselvesasPanasonicCorporation.
Alwaysuseonanetworkthathassafetyprotectionsuchasarewallimplemented.
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About Wireless LANs
TheadvantageofawirelessLANisthatinformationcanbeexchangedbetweenaPCorothersuchequipmentandan
accesspointusingradiowavesaslongasyouarewithinrangeforradiotransmissions.
Ontheotherhand,becausetheradiowavescantravelthroughobstacles(suchaswalls)andareavailableeverywhere
withinagivenrange,problemsofthetypelistedbelowmayoccurifsecurity-relatedsettingsarenotmade.
A malicious third-part may intentionally intercept and monitor transmitted data including the content of e-mail and•
personalinformationsuchasyourID,password,and/orcreditcardnumbers.
A malicious third-party may access your personal or corporate network without authorization and engage in the•
followingtypesofbehavior.
Retrievepersonaland/orsecretinformation(informationleak)
Spreadfalseinformationbyimpersonatingaparticularperson(spoofing)
Overwriteinterceptedcommunicationsandissuefalsedata(tampering)
Spreadharmfulsoftwaresuchasacomputervirusandcrashyourdataand/orsystem(systemcrash)
SincemostwirelessLANadaptersoraccesspointsareequippedwithsecurityfeaturestotakecareoftheseproblems,
you can reduce the possibility of these problems occurring when using this product by making the appropriate security
settingsforthewirelessLANdevice.
Some wireless LAN devices may not be set for security immediately after purchase. To decrease the possibility of
occurrenceofsecurityproblems,beforeusinganywirelessLANdevices,beabsolutelysuretomakeallsecurity-related
settingsaccordingtotheinstructionsgivenintheoperationmanualssuppliedwiththem.
DependingonthespecificationsofthewirelessLAN,amaliciousthird-partymaybeabletobreaksecuritysettingsby
special means.
Please contact Panasonic if you need help taking care of security settings or other such.
IfyoucannotperformsecuritysettingsforyourwirelessLANbyyourself,pleasecontactthePanasonicSupportCenter.
Panasonicaskscustomerstothoroughlyunderstandtheriskofusingthisproductwithoutmakingsecuritysettings,and
recommends that the customer make security settings at their own discretion and responsibility.