Processing Certificates - 3Com WX1200 Reference Manual

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Processing
Certificates
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ANAGING ERTIFICATES
When 3WXM client connects to 3WXM Services or to a WX switch that
presents a certificate that is unknown to 3WXM client, the Certificate
Check dialog box appears. The dialog shows information about the
certificate and allows you to accept or reject the certificate and therefore
accept or reject the connection.
Before 3WXM can communicate with the WX switch or 3WXM Services
over a secure HTTPS connection, you must specify how to deal with the
certificate required for secure communication
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 3WXM 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
3WXM connects to a WX switch, select one of the following options:
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.
When you use this option, the Certificate Check dialog box is not 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again for the certificate, even if the certificate becomes out of date.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 WX switch.
If you did not select either of the options in step 1, when you click
Accept, a secure connection with these certificate credentials is
allowed for this session until you close the network plan.
Click Reject to reject the connection to the WX switch.