Sony SNCEP520 User Manual (SNC-ER/EP User Guide) - Page 62

Administrating the Camera EAP identity Type the user name to identify the client in the 802.1X authentication server using 3 to 253 characters. EAP password A supplicant EAP password is needed to be inputted when PEAP is selected with EAP condition. The password can contain half-width letters and the length should be between 1 to 50. Reset To change the once set EAP password, click Reset and clear the current password. A new password can be entered. Note After you click Reset, if you wish to cancel the EAP password change, click Cancel at the bottom of the screen. This will cancel other changes made to the settings. EAP method You can select the authentication method used with the authentication server. This device supports TLS and PEAP. TLS: By this method, the supplicant and the server authenticate each other using a certificate. This enables secure port authentication. PEAP: By this method, an EAP password is used for the supplicant authentication and a certificate is used for server authentication. OK/Cancel See "Buttons common to every menu" on page 35. Client certificate Tab When TLS is selected as the EAP method, client certificate is imported for authentication at the camera. Client certificate Import, display or delete the client certificate. To import the client certificate Click Browse... to select the client certificate to be imported. Then click Submit, and the selected file will be imported to the camera. Note The import process becomes invalid if the selected file is not a client certificate or the imported client certificate is not allowed. To display the information of the client certificate When the client certificate has been saved in the camera correctly, its information appears on Status, Issuer DN, Subject DN, Validity Period and Extended Key Usage. Status: Shows if the status of the client certificate is valid or invalid. Valid means the client certificate is correctly stored and set. Invalid means the client certificate is not correctly stored and set. Possible causes of Invalid are as follows: - The private key password included in the client certificate is not specified correctly. - The private key password is specified in spite of the fact that the key pair in the client certificate is not encrypted. - The key pair is not included in the client certificate. Note When the client certificate to be imported is of PKCS#12 format and the private key password is not set correctly, "" is displayed in the boxes of Issuer DN, Subject DN, Validity Period and Extended Key Usage. Specify the correct private key password to confirm the information of the certificate. To delete the client certificate Click Delete, and the client certificate stored in the camera will be deleted. Private key password Type the password for the private key information included in the client certificate using up to 50 characters. Leave the text box blank if the private key information included in the client certificate is not encrypted. If no private key password is set in the camera, the text box is activated to allow entering of a password. If a private key password is already set, it is displayed as turned letters. 62 Using the 802.1X Authentication Function - 802.1X Menu