Browser security checks – Panasonic NN46110-600 User Manual

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Chapter 2 Configuring servers 65

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To use SSL Administration, you must:

Enable HTTPS services for the public and/or private interface on the Services

> Available window.

Explicitly allow HTTPS if tunnel filters are enabled on the Profiles > Filters

window for management through a VPN tunnel.

Install a valid server certificate on the VPN Router and applied to the SSL/
TLS services to authenticate and validate SSL connections.

Select ciphers and apply the server certificate on the Services > SSL/TLS

window.

Have an SSL-enabled Web browser.

Have a valid administrator user name and password.

Browser security checks

When using certificates, Netscape Communicator and Internet Explorer perform
different security checks. The following configuration is recommended to obtain

the best performance when administering the VPN Router securely using SSL

administration.

1

Make an entry in the hosts file corresponding to your VPN Router

management IP address, such as 11.0.0.12 VPNRouterl.

2

Import the

root certificate

that issued your VPN Router server certificate into

the browser store as follows:

• For Netscape Communicator to accept the mime type application/

x-x509-ca-cert:

a

Select

Edit > Preferences

.

b

Click

Applications

.

c

Click

New Type

.

A new window appears.

d

Fill in the following information in the new window:

— Description of type—

CAcert

Nortel VPN Router Security — Servers, Authentication, and Certificates

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