Processing Certificates; Managing Certificates - Nortel 2350 Reference Manual

342 Managing Certificates

Processing Certificates

When WLAN Management Software client connects to WLAN Management Software Services or to a WSS
that presents a certificate that is unknown to WLAN Management Software client, the Certificate Check dialog
box appears. The dialog shows information about the certificate and allows you to accept or reject the certifi-
cate and therefore accept or reject the connection.
Before WLAN Management Software can communicate with the WSS or WLAN Management Software
Services over a secure HTTPS connection, you must specify how to deal with the certificate required for
secure communication.
Note.
The options you select in this dialog box apply to all HTTPS connections with the
WLAN Management Software client. For example, the WLAN Management Software client
also checks the validity of certificates presented by WLAN Management Software Services,
and the settings you select in this dialog affect those connections too.
To process a certificate
1
If you do not want to see the Certificate Check dialog box each time WLAN Management
Software connects to a WSS, select one of the following options:
• Always accept self-signed certificates.—Use this option to configure the WLAN
Management Software client to always accept a self-signed certificate from WLAN
Management Software Services and from WSSs.
• Install this certificate to validate future connections.—Use this option to accept the
certificate and consider the certificate to be valid for future connections.
Note.
shown again for the certificate, even if the certificate becomes out of date.
2
Do one of the following:
• Click Accept to allow the connection to the WSS.
If you did not select either of the options in
connection with these certificate credentials is allowed for this session until you close the
network plan.
• Click Reject to reject the connection to the WSS.
Managing Certificates
After you have installed certificates, you can review a certificate or delete a certificate that is stored in the
WLAN Management Software certificate store.
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When you use the Install option, the Certificate Check dialog box is not
step 1, when you click Accept, a secure