Certificate Check - 3Com WX4400 Reference Manual

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Certificate Check

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ERVICES REFERENCES
Verify that the service has been started. If the service is running, verify
that the certificate on the server is still valid (for example, is not out of
date).
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This message can indicate that the username and password are
invalid. Ask the administrator for a username and password.
If a license message appears, go to "Starting 3WXM" on page 49.
When the 3WXM Client connects to 3WXM Services, the client checks
the certificate presented by 3WXM Services to ensure that the certificate
is valid. The certificate is in a key store file on the server.
The default key store file is .services_keystore. This file contains a
self-signed certificate for 3WXM Services. You can use this certificate if
desired or you can configure the service to use a different key store file
containing a different certificate. (See "Changing Service Settings" on
page 508.)
By default, the 3WXM Client does not accept self-signed certificates,
even from 3WXM Services. Instead, when 3WXM Services or another
device presents a self-signed certificate to the 3WXM Client, the
Certificate Check dialog box appears on the client. This dialog box
displays the certificate information.
The options you select in this dialog box apply to all HTTPS connections
with the 3WXM Client. For example, the 3WXM Client also checks the
validity of certificates presented by WX switches, and the settings you
select in this dialog affect those connections too.
To complete the connection
1 Select one or both of the following options, within 60 seconds after the
Certificate Check dialog is displayed:
Always accept self-signed certificates. — Use this option to
configure the 3WXM Client to always accept a self-signed certificate
from the 3WXM monitoring service and from WX switches.
Install this certificate to validate future connections. — Use this
option to accept the certificate and consider the certificate to be valid
for future connections.