Minicom Advanced Systems Smart IP Extender - Manual (Page 48)

SMART IP EXTENDER
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Challenge Password/Confirm- Some certification authorities require a challenge
password to authorize later changes on the certificate. The minimum is 4 characters.
Email - Of a security contact person that is responsible for IP Extender.
Key length - Length of the generated key in bits. 1024 Bits are supposed be
sufficient for most cases. Larger keys may result in slower response time during the
connection.
3. Click .
4. Press Download CSR to download the CSR to your administration machine.
5. Send the CSR to a CA for certification. They will send a new certificate
6. Press Upload to upload the certificate to IP Extender. The certificate uploads.
Important! If you destroy the CSR on IP Extender there is no way to get it back! If
you deleted it, repeat the above steps.
Telnet Settings
Enable Telnet access - Access over Telnet client. For better security disable Telnet
access.
IP Access Control
This is used to limit access to a specific number of clients only. These clients are
identified by their IP addresses.
The IP access control settings apply to the LAN interface only!
Enable IP Access Control - Enables access control based on IP source addresses.
Default policy - Controls arriving IP packets that don't match any of the configured
rules. They can be accepted or dropped.
ATTENTION: If you set this to DROP and you have no ACCEPT rules configured,
access to the Web front-end over LAN is disabled! To enable access, change the
security settings via modem dial in or by temporarily disabling IP access control
with the initial configuration procedure (see page 13).
Rule # - Type the rule number for which the following commands will apply. This is
ignored, when adding a new rule.
IP/Mask - Specifies the IP address or IP address range for which the rule applies.