General Operating Rules And Notes - HP procurve 5300xl Series Access Security Manual

Configuring Secure Socket Layer (SSL)

General Operating Rules and Notes

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General Operating Rules and Notes

■ Once you generate a certificate on the switch you should avoid re-
generating the certificate without a compelling reason. Otherwise,
you will have to re-introduce the switch's certificate on all manage­
ment stations (clients) you previously set up for SSL access to the
switch. In some situations this can temporarily allow security
breaches.
■ The switch's own public/private certificate key pair and certificate
are stored in the switch's flash memory and are not affected by
reboots or the erase startup-config command
The public/private certificate key pair is not be confused with the SSH
■
public/private key pair. The certificate key pair and the SSH key pair
are independent of each other, which means a switch can have two
keys pairs stored in flash