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generated from the QuickPanel View/Control. The benefit of a purchased
certificate is that any user that has the root certificate used by the online
vendor can determine the certificate is valid without the need for any
additional information. A self-signed certificate is only known to be valid by
clients that have added the certificate to their trusted list. Users can still
access a server using a self-signed certificate, but they lose the ability to
verify that no one is operating as an imposter somewhere on the network
between them and the server.
To create a self-signed certificate
1. Open a command prompt window by selecting the Start menu,
selecting Programs, then Command Prompt.
2. From the command prompt, type "genslfcert CN=<unique
identifier>".
You may specify a unique identifier of your choice, such as machine
name, machine location, or IP address in place of unique identifier.
3. A self-signed certificate is created in the My Certificates section of
the certificates Control Panel.
This will create a self-signed certificate in the My Certificates section of
the certificates control panel and a SelfSigned.cer file in My Computer
which can be transferred to FTP Clients as a trusted source. Certificates
may be managed through snap-in‟s to the Microsoft® Management
Console or other third party management consoles.
A Backup should be performed after configuring the FTP server and/or
creating the self-signed certificate.
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15" QuickPanel* View & QuickPanel Control Loaded Color TFT
– December 2011
GFK-2402D