Modifying an encryption key – Allied Telesis AT-S62 User Manual

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Chapter 31: Encryption Keys

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Section VII: Management Security

Modifying an Encryption Key

The Key Management menu has a selection for modifying the description
of an encryption key. This is the only item of a key you can modify.

This procedure starts from the Key Management menu. If you are unsure
how to display the menu, perform steps 1 to 3 in “Creating an Encryption
Key” on page 695.

To change the description of a key, perform the following procedure:

1. From the Key Management menu, type 3 to select Modify Key.

The following prompt is displayed:

Enter Key Id to modify -> [0 to 65535] -> 0

2. Enter the ID of the key whose description you want to modify.

The following message is displayed.

Enter new Description ->

3. Enter the new description for the key. The description can be up to 40

alphanumeric characters including spaces. To help identify the key,
you might make the description the name of the web server the key will
be used to protect (for example, Production switch web server).

The following message is displayed:

Press any key to continue ...

The key has been modified.

4. Press any key to return to the Key Management menu.

Returning to the Main Menu to save your changes is not necessary
with this procedure. This type of change is automatically saved by the
management software.

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