User Roles in FIPS Mode

Configuring FIPS mode on the RUCKUS devices complies with the standards established by the United States government and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

A RUCKUS device in FIPS mode supports three user roles:

  • Crypto-officer role: The Crypto-officer role on the device in FIPS mode is equivalent to the administrator role, or the super-user role in non-FIPS mode.
  • Port Configuration Administrator role: The Port Configuration Administrator on the device in FIPS mode is equivalent to the port configuration user in non-FIPS mode and has write access to the interface configuration mode only.
  • User role: The User role on the device in FIPS mode has read-only privileges and no configuration mode access.

Concurrent operators are supported, but no limit is enforced. The number of concurrent users is only limited by the system resources.

Parent topic: FIPS Configuration