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Server Certificate: A Server Certificate (also called a Digital Certificate) forms an association between
an identity (in this case the SVP server) and a specific keypair. A Server Certificate is used to identify
the SVP server to a client so that the server and client can communicate using SSL. Server
Certificates come in two basic types:
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Self-signed: You generate your owned self-signed certificate and the subject of the certificate is the
same as the issuer of the certificate. If the Remote Web Console computers and the SVP are on an
internal LAN behind a firewall, you may find that this option provides sufficient security.
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Signed and Trusted: For a Signed and Trusted Server Certificate, a Certificate Signing Request
(CSR) is sent to and certified by a trusted Certificate Authority (CA) such as VeriSign (http://
www.verisign.com/)
If you enable SSL, you must make sure that the key pair and associated server certificate do not expire. If
either the key pair or the server certificate expires, users will be unable to connect to the SVP. Server
certificates require the use of a host name instead of an IP address.
Flow of SSL communication settings
The following shows a flow of required settings for SSL communication. Note that creation of private and
public keys requires a dedicated program. Download one from the OpenSSL Website (http://
www.openssl.org/).
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Setting up Remote Web Console
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