Minicom Advanced Systems RJ-45 - Manual (Page 21)

USER GUIDE
SSL Certificate Management
IP Link uses the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) protocol for any encrypted network
traffic between itself and a connected client. When connecting, IP Link reveals its
identity to a client using a cryptographic certificate. This is the same for all IP Links
and won't match the network configurations applied to the IP Link by its user. The
certificate's underlying secret key is also used for securing the SSL handshake.
Hence, this is a security risk (but better than no encryption at all).
You can generate and install a new certificate unique to a particular IP Link. IP Link
can generate a new cryptographic key and the associated Certificate Signing Request
that needs to be certified by a certification authority (CA). A CA verifies you are
who you claim to be and signs and issues a SSL certificate to you.
To create and install a IP Link SSL certificate:
1. From the Security Settings page choose Create your own SSL certificate. The
window appears as in Figure 15.
Figure 15 CSR
2. Fill in the fields:
Common name - Network name of IP Link once installed in the user's network. It is
identical to the name that is used to access the IP Link with a Web browser. In case
the name given here and the actual network name differ, the browser will pop up a
security warning when the IP Link is accessed over HTTPS.
Organizational unit - Specifies which department within an organization IP Link
belongs.
Organization/Locality/City/State/Province - Organization to which IP Link
belongs + location.
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