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Managing your network printer securely, Secure Management using Web Based Management (web browser)

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Security features Managing your network printer securely 12 To manage your network printer securely, you need to use the management utilities with security protocols. Secure Management using Web Based Management (web browser) 12 To use the HTTPS protocol, the following printer settings are required. „ A certificate and private key must be installed in the printer. For how to install a certificate and private key, see Creating and installing a certificate on page 132. „ The HTTPS protocol must be enabled. To enable the HTTPS protocol, see Configuring the protocol settings on page 126. Note We recommend Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0® (or higher) or Firefox® 1.0 (or higher) for Windows® and Safari™ 1.0 for Macintosh®. Please also make sure that JavaScript and Cookie are always enabled in whichever browser you use. We recommend you upgrade to Safari™ 1.2 or higher to enable JavaScript. To use a web browser, you will need to know the IP address of the print server. a Start your web browser. b Type https://Common_Name/ into your browser. (Where Common_Name is the Common Name that you assigned for the certificate, such as an IP address, host name or domain name. For how to assign a Common Name for the certificate, see Creating and installing a certificate on page 132.) „ For example: https://192.168.1.2/ (if the Common Name is the printer's IP address) https://BRNxxxxxx/ (if the Common Name is the printer's host name) Note 12 If you have edited the hosts file on your computer or are using a Domain Name System, you can also enter the DNS name of the print server. As the print server supports TCP/IP and NetBIOS, you can also enter the NetBIOS name of the print server. The NetBIOS name can be seen in the printer settings page. The NetBIOS name assigned is the first 15 characters of the node name and by default it will appear as "BRNxxxxxx" where "xxxxxx" is the last six digits of the Ethernet address. c You can now access the printer using HTTPS. Note Disable the Telnet, FTP and TFTP protocols. Accessing the machine using these protocols is not secure. For how to configure the protocol settings, see Using Web Based Management (web browser) to change the print server settings on page 15. 127

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Security features
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12
Managing your network printer securely
12
To manage your network printer securely, you need to use the management utilities with security protocols.
Secure Management using Web Based Management (web browser)
12
To use the HTTPS protocol, the following printer settings are required.
A certificate and private key must be installed in the printer. For how to install a certificate and private key,
see
Creating and installing a certificate
on page 132.
The HTTPS protocol must be enabled. To enable the HTTPS protocol, see
Configuring the protocol
settings
on page 126.
Note
We recommend Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
®
(or higher) or Firefox
®
1.0 (or higher) for Windows
®
and
Safari™ 1.0 for Macintosh
®
. Please also make sure that JavaScript and Cookie are always enabled in
whichever browser you use. We recommend you upgrade to Safari™ 1.2 or higher to enable JavaScript.
To use a web browser, you will need to know the IP address of the print server.
a
Start your web browser.
b
Type
https://Common_Name/
into your browser. (Where
Common_Name
is the Common Name that
you assigned for the certificate, such as an IP address, host name or domain name. For how to assign
a Common Name for the certificate, see
Creating and installing a certificate
on page 132.)
For example:
(if the Common Name is the printer’s IP address)
https://BRNxxxxxx/
(if the Common Name is the printer’s host name)
Note
If you have edited the hosts file on your computer or are using a Domain Name System, you can also enter
the DNS name of the print server. As the print server supports TCP/IP and NetBIOS, you can also enter
the NetBIOS name of the print server. The NetBIOS name can be seen in the printer settings page. The
NetBIOS name assigned is the first 15 characters of the node name and by default it will appear as
“
BRNxxxxxx
” where “
xxxxxx
” is the last six digits of the Ethernet address.
c
You can now access the printer using HTTPS.
Note
Disable the Telnet, FTP and TFTP protocols. Accessing the machine using these protocols is not secure.
For how to configure the protocol settings, see
Using Web Based Management (web browser) to change
the print server settings
on page 15.