Ssl/tls settings tab field descriptions, Ssl/tls settings – Perle Systems IOLAN SCS User Manual

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Serial Port Profiles

SSL/TLS Settings Tab Field Descriptions

You can create an encrypted connection using SSL/TLS for any serial port profile that accesses the
IOLAN from the network. When you enable this feature, it will automatically use the global
SSL/TLS settings (configured on

Security

,

SSL/TLS

), although you can configure unique SSL/TLS

settings for the serial port.

When configuring SSL/TLS, the following configuration options are available:

z

You can set up the IOLAN to act as an SSL/TLS client or server.

z

There is an extensive selection of SSL/TLS ciphers that you can configure for your SSL/TLS
connection; see

Appendix B, SSL/TLS Ciphers on page 347

for a list of SSL/TLS ciphers.

z

You can enable peer certificate validation, for which you must supply the validation criteria that
was used when creating the peer certificate (this is case sensitive, so keep that in mind when
enabling and configuring this option).

Configure the following parameters:

Note:

See

Keys and Certificates on page 232

for information about SSL/TLS support documents.

Enable SSL/TLS

Activates the SSL/TLS settings for the serial port.

Default: Disabled

Use global settings

Uses the SSL/TLS settings configured in the

Security

section for the serial

port.

Default: Enabled

SSL/TLS Version

Specify whether you want to use:

z

Any—The IOLAN will try a TLSv1 connection first. If that fails, it will
try an SSLv3 connection. If that fails, it will try an SSLv2 connection.

z

TLSv1—The connection will use only TLSv1.

z

SSLv3—The connection will use only SSLv3.

Default: Any

SSL/TLS Type

Specify whether the IOLAN serial port will act as an SSL/TLS client or server.

Default: Client

Cipher Suite Button Click this button to specify SSL/TLS connection ciphers.

See

Cipher Suite Field Descriptions on page 114

for more information.

Validate Peer
Certificate

Enable this option when you want the Validation Criteria to match the Peer
Certificate for authentication to pass. If you enable this option, you need to
download an SSL/TLS certificate authority (CA) list file to the IOLAN.

Default: Disabled

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