Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 693)

Section VII: Management Security 693
Chapter 31
Encryption Keys
This chapter describes encryption keys and how you can use keys to
improve the security of your switches. Because of the complexity of the
feature, this chapter contains several overview sections. The Basic
Overview section offers a general review of the purpose of this feature
along with relevant guidelines. For additional information, refer to the two
Technical Overview sections. The sections in this chapter include:
ˆ “Basic Overview” on page 694
ˆ “Technical Overview of Secure Sockets Layer” on page 697
ˆ “Technical Overview of Encryption” on page 700
ˆ “Creating an Encryption Key” on page 705
ˆ “Deleting an Encryption Key” on page 709
ˆ “Modifying an Encryption Key” on page 710
ˆ “Exporting an Encryption Key” on page 711
ˆ “Importing an Encryption Key” on page 714
ˆ “Displaying the Encryption Keys” on page 717
Note
This feature is only supported in the version of AT-S63 management
software that features the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol and
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
For an overview of the procedures to configuring the switch’s web server
for encryption, refer to “General Steps for Configuring the Web Server for
Encryption” on page 690.