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About Digital Certification, Obtaining and Importing a CA-signed Certificate

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Updating a Self-signed Certificate Parent topic: Using Your Product on a Secure Network About Digital Certification You can configure the following digital certificates for your network using Web Config: CA-signed Certificate You can ensure secure communications using a CA-signed certificate for each security feature. The certificates must be signed by and obtained from a CA (Certificate Authority). Self-signed Certificate A self-signed certificate is issued and signed by the product itself. You can use the certificate for only SSL/TLS communication, however security is unreliable and you may see a security alert in the browser during use. Parent topic: Using a Digital Certificate Obtaining and Importing a CA-signed Certificate You can obtain a CA-signed certificate by creating a CSR (Certificate Signing Request) using Web Config and submitting it to a certificate authority. The CSR created in Web Config is in PEM/DER format. You can import one CSR created from Web Config at a time. 1. Access Web Config and select the Network Security tab. 2. Under SSL/TLS, select Certificate. 3. In the CSR section, select Generate. You see a window like this: 14

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Updating a Self-signed Certificate
Parent topic:
Using Your Product on a Secure Network
About Digital Certification
You can configure the following digital certificates for your network using Web Config:
CA-signed Certificate
You can ensure secure communications using a CA-signed certificate for each security feature. The
certificates must be signed by and obtained from a CA (Certificate Authority).
Self-signed Certificate
A self-signed certificate is issued and signed by the product itself. You can use the certificate for only
SSL/TLS communication, however security is unreliable and you may see a security alert in the
browser during use.
Parent topic:
Using a Digital Certificate
Obtaining and Importing a CA-signed Certificate
You can obtain a CA-signed certificate by creating a CSR (Certificate Signing Request) using Web
Config and submitting it to a certificate authority. The CSR created in Web Config is in PEM/DER format.
You can import one CSR created from Web Config at a time.
1.
Access Web Config and select the
Network Security
tab.
2.
Under
SSL/TLS
, select
Certificate
.
3.
In the CSR section, select
Generate
.
You see a window like this: