Understanding access restrictions

The Access Restrictions page enables you to limit incoming access to SCM to specific IP addresses and ranges by creating global and organization or department specific access restrictions. After creating a restriction by specifying one or more IP addresses or ranges in CIDR notation, only administrators attempting to log in from the specified addresses are granted access to SCM. Anyone who is blocked from accessing SCM because of a restriction is presented with a generic 403 Access Denied error.

Access restrictions can be managed on the Settings Access Restrictions page.

The following table describes the settings and controls of the Access Restrictions page.

Column	Description
CIDR	The IP address or range in CIDR notation to which SCM access is restricted.
Description	A description containing contextual information about the restriction. When creating a restriction for a specific organization or department, it is suggested that you include the organization or department name in the description.
Type	The type of administrator that the restriction applies to. The possible options are: ALL — All administrators regardless of their type or affiliation with an organization or department must satisfy the restriction in order to log into SCM. MRAO — MRAO administrators must satisfy the restriction in order to log into SCM. ORG — RAO and DRAO administrators must satisfy the restriction in order to log into SCM. Unlike the ALL and MRAO options, the ORG restriction can be global or specific to an organization or department.
Table controls
Filter	Enables you to sort the table information using custom filters.
Refresh	Refreshes the information presented in the table.
Admin controls
Add	Opens the Add IP Range dialog where you can add a new restriction.
Delete	Removes the selected restriction.
Edit	Opens the Edit IP Range dialog where you can manage an existing restriction.

Column

Description

CIDR

The IP address or range in CIDR notation to which SCM access is restricted.

Description

A description containing contextual information about the restriction.

When creating a restriction for a specific organization or department, it is suggested that you include the organization or department name in the description.

Type

The type of administrator that the restriction applies to.

The possible options are:

ALL — All administrators regardless of their type or affiliation with an organization or department must satisfy the restriction in order to log into SCM.
MRAO — MRAO administrators must satisfy the restriction in order to log into SCM.
ORG — RAO and DRAO administrators must satisfy the restriction in order to log into SCM.

Unlike the ALL and MRAO options, the ORG restriction can be global or specific to an organization or department.

Table controls

Filter

Enables you to sort the table information using custom filters.

Refresh

Refreshes the information presented in the table.

Admin controls

Add

Opens the Add IP Range dialog where you can add a new restriction.

Delete

Removes the selected restriction.

Edit

Opens the Edit IP Range dialog where you can manage an existing restriction.