Generating An Ssl Certificate Signing Request - SMC Networks ELITECONNECT SMC2502W User Manual

Step 9.
Figure 6-84
the new logon screen logo, text, and stop image and text are correct.
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Generating an SSL Certificate Signing Request

If you want to use a certificate that is signed by an external signing authority, you
must generate a custom certificate. Users authenticate themselves to an Access
Manager through an HTTPS, SSL-protected web screen. Without an official signed
and trusted SSL certificate, users accessing the logon screen receive a message
warning of an untrusted certificate. Replacing the default SSL certificate with one
signed by an external signing authority eliminates the warning.
Replacing the SSL certificate is a two-step process: First, you must generate a
certificate signing request (CSR). You submit this CSR to an external signing
authority and they return a signed SSL certificate. You then upload the certificate
onto the WLAN Secure Server.
To generate an SSL Certificate Signing Request (CSR):
Step 1.
On the Appearance Screen, fill in the information at the bottom of the
screen: Your Organization Name, email, State, and Country, as shown in
Figure
EliteConnect WLAN Security System User Manual
shows an example of a customized logon screen. Verify that
Figure 6-84. Customized Logon Screen
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