Ssl Resources; Configure/Enable Security Features Overview - Pepperl+Fuchs ICDM-RX/TCP-DB9/RJ45-PM Installation And Configuration Manual

ICDM-RX/TCP Installation and Configuration Guide

SSL Resources

6.3.9.1. SSL Resources
You can refer to the following SSL resources for more information:
• Standard reference book is SSL and TLS by Eric Rescorla
• Wikipedia page on SSL/TLS provides a good overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TLS
• openssl contains command-line tools to do the following. More information is available at: http://
www.openssl.org/
- Create/examine keys/certificates
- Act as client or server
• ssldump is a -command line tool that displays a human-readable dump of an SSL connection's
handshaking and traffic:. More information can be found at: http://www.rtfm.com/ssldump/.
- If provided with server's private key, can decrypt data stream
- Can display decoded data stream in ASCII/hex
- Can display contents of handshaking packets (including ID certificates)

6.4. Configure/Enable Security Features Overview

You can enable ICDM-RX/TCP security features the web page (SocketServer or the NS-Link version). Key and
Certificate Management must be done using the Security tab in the ICDM-RX/TCP web pages.
If you want secure COM ports, you must also Enable SSL Mode and enter any applicable server or client
certificates in the NS-Link device driver for Windows. See Device Driver (NS-Link) Installation on Page 31.
The following illustration shows the Security Settings page under the Network menu and is discussed in the
following table.
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