Ca Certificate Tab; Setting The 802.1X Authentication Function - Example Of Windows Server 2003 - Sony SNT-EX101 User Manual

CA certificate Tab

You can import a trusted CA certificate (server
certificate or route certificate) to the unit. Up to four
certificates from trusted CAs can be imported to the unit.
Only the PEM format is supported.
To import the CA certificate
Click Browse... to select the CA certificate to be
imported.
Then click Submit, and the selected file will be
imported to the unit.
Note
Import process becomes invalid if the selected file is not
a CA certificate.
To display the information of the CA certificate
When the CA certificate has been saved in the unit
correctly, its information appears on Issuer DN,
Subject DN, Validity Period and Extended Key
Usage.
To delete the CA certificate
Click Delete, and the selected CA certificate will be
deleted from the unit.
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Using the 802.1X Authentication Function — 802.1X Menu
Setting the 802.1X authentication
function – Example of Windows
Server 2003
This section explains how to configure the
authentication server and CA using Microsoft Windows
Server 2003.
Note
As this section describes authentication based on the
user interface in English on Windows Server 2003, the
UI terminology and page configuration may be different
depending on the version of the Operating System or
Service Pack and patch update status.
Before setting
Perform the following settings before configuring an
802.1X network.
Active Directory (domain controller)
The following setting example is based on the
assumption that the Active Directory has been
configured.
Windows IAS configuration
Configure Remote access/VPN server in Manage Your
Server of Windows Server 2003. Open Add or Remove
Programs from Control Panel of Windows menu.
Install Internet Authentication Service in Add/
Remove Windows Components.
CA configuration
To configure the CA, perform the following steps:
1
Open Add or Remove Programs from Control
Panel of the Windows menu.
2
Select Add/Remove Windows Components.
3
Add Certificate Services in the Component menu.
4
Select Enterprise root CA on CA Type.
5
Type the CA name on Common Name for this CA,
and configure the CA.
Creating a security group for Active
Directory
1
Open Active Directory Users and Computers
from Administrative Tools of the Windows menu.
2
Select Users of the domain with which you want to
perform 802.1X connection.