Securing the portal server user pages, Securing the portal server admin pages – VBrick Systems ETHERNETV 4410-0118-0009 User Manual
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Configuring for SSL
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<ipaddressofserver>
for the user pages. Users will notice a padlock icon at the bottom of
their screen while logging into the Portal Server, however the padlock will disappear once
they login. When an administrator attempts to access the Administration pages it will also
force them to use
https://<ipaddressofserver>/admin
. The padlock icon will be visible at
the throughout the entire Admin site.
Securing the Portal Server User Pages
T
To configure the ETV Portal Server User Pages for SSL access
1. Go the Portal Server install location, typically
C:\Program Files\VBrick\MCS
and open
web.config
in a text editor.
2. Uncomment the sections labeled Web Page Security 1, 2, and 3 by deleting only the <!--
and --> characters shown below in red.
Web Page Security 1
<!-- Web Page Security 1: Remove comments around the following section to enable
SSL on the login page. -->
<!--
<section name="secureWebPages"
type="Hyper.Web.Security.SecureWebPageSectionHandler, WebPageSecurity"
allowLocation="false" />
-->
Web Page Security 2
<!-- Web Page Security 2: Remove comments around the following section to enable
SSL on the login page. -->
<!--
<secureWebPages mode="On" maintainPath="False" warningBypassMode="AlwaysBypass"
bypassQueryParamName="BypassSecurityWarning">
<file path="login.aspx" /> <file path="login4.aspx" /> </secureWebPages>
-->
Web Page Security 3
<!-- Web Page Security 3: Remove comments around the following section to enable
SSL on the login page. -->
<!--
<add name="SecureWebPage" type="Hyper.Web.Security.SecureWebPageModule,
WebPageSecurity" />
-->
Securing the Portal Server Admin Pages
T
To configure the ETV Portal Server Admin pages for SSL access
1. Go the Admin Console location, typically
C:\Program Files\VBrick\MCS\Common\MCS
Admin Console
and open
web.config
in a text editor.
2. Uncomment the sections labeled
Web Page Security 1
and
Web Page Security 2
by
deleting only the <!-- and --> characters shown below in red.
Web Security 1
<!-- Web Page Security 1: Remove comments around the following section to enable
SSL on all Admin Console pages. -->
<!--
<section name="secureWebPages"
type="Hyper.Web.Security.SecureWebPageSectionHandler, WebPageSecurity"
allowLocation="false" />
-->