Cryptography - 3Com WX4400 Command Reference Manual

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RYPTOGRAPHY OMMANDS
A digital certificate is a form of electronic identification for computers.
The WX switch requires digital certificates to authenticate its
communications to 3WXM and Web Manager, to WebAAA clients, and
to Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) clients for which the WX
performs all EAP processing. Certificates can be generated on the WX or
obtained from a certificate authority (CA). Keys contained within the
certificates allow the WX, its servers, and its wireless clients to exchange
information secured by encryption.
If the switch does not already have certificates, MSS automatically
generates the missing ones the first time you boot using MSS Version 4.2
or later. You do not need to install certificates unless you want to replace
the ones automatically generated by MSS. (For more information, see the
"Certificates Automatically Generated by MSS" section in the "Managing
Keys and Certificates" chapter of the Wireless LAN Switch and Controller
Configuration Guide.)
Before installing a new certificate, verify with the show timedate and
show timezone commands that the WX switch is set to the correct date,
time, and time zone. Otherwise, certificates might not be installed
correctly.