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title: "SIRSI SIP gateway does not authenticate passwords/pin numbers"
slug: "sirsi-sip-gateway-does-not-authenticate-passwordspin-numbers"
updated: 2024-04-01T13:56:36Z
published: 2024-04-01T13:56:36Z
canonical: "kb.pharos.com/sirsi-sip-gateway-does-not-authenticate-passwordspin-numbers"
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# SIRSI SIP gateway does not authenticate passwords/pin numbers

The Pharos SIPs Gateway does not authenticate passwords.

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SIRSI 2003 version of Unicorn and SIPS2 Pharos Gateway

SIRSI had us modify a file called SIP2.cfg so that the SIP2 socket used by Signup requires a PIN. Here is how the SIP2.cfg should look on a SIRSI Unicorn system running the 2003 version of Unicorn:

PORT|6005| LOGIN|N|N| USER|SIPCHK| PASSWORD|SIPCHK| STATION|SIP6005| SELFCHECK_LOGGING|1| SELFCHECK_PIN_REQUIRED|Y| SELFCHECK_SUPPORTED_MESSAGES|YYYYYYYYYNYNNNYY| POLICY|ITYP| MAGMEDIALIST|UNKNOWN|