Installation overview, Step1 configuration on the machine – Dell C7765DN MFP Color Laser Printer User Manual

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21 Encryption and Digital Signature Settings

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Configuration of E-mail Encryption/Digital Signature

This section describes how to encrypt e-mails and how to attach a digital signature to e-mails.
The following shows the reference section for each procedure.

Step1 Configuration on the Machine .....................................................................................526
Step2 Configuration on Sender and Recipient ......................................................................528

Installation Overview

To encrypt e-mails and attach a digital signature, configure the machine and your computer

as follows:

Note

To encrypt e-mails and attach a digital signature to e-mails between the machine and a computer, a

personal or device certificate for S/MIME of a recipient and the device certificate of the machine must

be set on the computer. Configure the following settings to the certificates:

- "e-mail address"
- If the certificate contains V3 extension "keyUsage", "digitalSignature" and "keyEncipherment" must

be asserted.

- If the certificate contains V3 extension "extendedKeyUsage", "emailProtection" must be set.

Up to 100 addresses can be encrypted with S/MIME.

Configuration on the Machine

Configure a certificate on the machine. No certificate is registered on the machine by factory

default.
Configure the following settings to set up a certificate on the machine.
• Configuring certificates by Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool

- Set up HTTPS communications encryption settings, and then configure a certificate on

the machine.

Configuration on Sender and Recipient

To transmit e-mails encrypted by S/MIME and with digital signatures attached, register the

required certificate on equipment of a sender and a recipient.

Step1 Configuration on the Machine

This section describes configuration procedures to set up a certificate with Dell Printer

Configuration Web Tool.

Note

You cannot use a self-signed certificate created with Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool for S/MIME.
The machine supports the capability to import the RSA public key (up to 4096 bits).

Setting up a Certificate using Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool

To configure a certificate using Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool, configure the

encryption settings for HTTP communications, and then import a certificate issued by

another CA to enable S/MIME.

For details on how to configure the encryption settings for HTTP communication, refer to

"Configuration of HTTP Communications Encryption" (P.521).

1

Start Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool.

For more information on how to start Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool, refer to "Starting Dell

Printer Configuration Web Tool" (P.464).

2

Import a certificate.

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