Optionally, if required, you can set some advanced settings in the RossTalk Plugin for additional Security.
In the configuration file (Engine/Plugin/Config/BaseRosstalk.ini), there is an optional configuration group for "Security" settings, where you can enable or disable advanced security for the RossTalk Plugin.
If you want to enable it, you would need to manually add the [Security] group to the configuration file.
Security
[Security]
Enabled=false
WhiteList=
- Enabled parameter, when set to true Enables advanced security, and when set to false Disables it.
- WhiteList parameter defines a coma (,) separated list of IP address that are allowed to send RossTalk messages to the Voyager machine.
Optionally, we have a custom security measurement that can be enabled to validate RossTalk commands coming from applications that can manually modify the RossTalk messages like Ross Dashboard. You can enable the use of a custom shared Key between the origin endpoint and the Voyager system.
- KeyEnable parameter when set to true enables the usage of a Key parameter to validate incoming messages.
- Key parameter specifies the UTF-8 Ascii text to be used to validate the incoming messages, for example "u9jcrHKAK9apGPF4". (Note: please use standard ascii letters and numbers only, avoid symbols, spaces, and special characters)
- KeyWhiteList parameters specifies an optional comma separated list of IP addresses of origin endpoints that would not require a Key to validate the incoming messages. That could be useful for instance to enable Key validation for messages coming from a Dashboard system, but not require it for incoming messages coming from a Carbonite Switcher for instance or any other device that can't customize RossTalk Messages.
KeyEnable=true
Key=u9jcrHKAK9apGPF4
KeyWhiteList
Then, to add the Key value to your RossTalk messages in Dashboard, you just need to edit the RossTalk command in the oGScript Editor, and concatenate your RossTalk messages with ?key= and your key value.
For example:
- Original: GPI 101:0
- New (with the Key): GPI 101:0?key=u9jcrHKAK9apGPF4