Certificate Check - 3Com 3CRWX120695A Reference Manual

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ONITORING ERVICE REFERENCES
b Wait one minute for 3WXM to retrieve updates from the server, then
check the color of the objects for 3Com equipment displayed in the
Explore window.
If the status color is blue, then 3WXM is not receiving status data
from the server yet.
If the status color is green, yellow, orange, or red, then 3WXM is
receiving status data from the server.
(For information about the status colors, see "Monitor Tab — Explore
Window" on page 54.)
When the 3WXM client connects to the monitoring service, the client
checks the certificate presented by the monitoring service to ensure that
the certificate is valid. The certificate is in a key store file on the server.
The default key store file is .services_keystore. This file contains a
self-signed certificate for the monitoring service. You can use this
certificate if desired or you can configure the service to use a different key
store file containing a different certificate. (See "Changing Service
Settings" on page 542.)
By default, the 3WXM client does not accept self-signed certificates, even
from the monitoring service. Instead, when the monitoring service or
another device presents a self-signed certificate to the 3WXM client, the
Certificate Check dialog box appears on the client. This dialog box
displays the certificate information.