Certificate Template Requirements; Certificate Requirements; Configure Certificate Management; Switching To Secure Mode - Polycom 1500 Administrator's Manual

RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX) 1500/1800/2000/4000 Administrator's Guide

Certificate Template Requirements

The specific security certificate requirements for Collaboration Servers used in Maximum Security
Environments are:
● Support of 2048-bit encryption keys.
● Support of Extended Key Usage (EKU) for both:
 Client Authentication
 Server Authentication
The certificate template used by your CA server may need modification to meet the Collaboration Server
requirements.

Certificate Requirements

Secure Mode
Table 5-126 on page 5-10 summarizes certificate requirements depending on the Skip certificate validation
for user logging session field.
Ultra Secure Mode
In Ultra Secure Mode, each Polycom device must have security certificates for the entire
Chain Of Trust.
The Collaboration Server must have:
● The public certificate of each server in the CA Chain or hierarchy that issued its certificate.
For example: RootCA  IntermediateCA  SubCA
The public certificates of the chain that issued the administrator's identity certificate. For example:
UserRootCA  UserIntermediateCA  UserSubCA
For more information seethe Ultra Secure Mode chapter,

Configure Certificate Management

Within a PKI environment, certificate revocation policies are used to ensure that certificates are valid.
Certificates can expire or be revoked for various reasons (RFC 5280).
The Collaboration Server enforces these certificate revocation policies through Certificate Revocation Lists
(CRLs). CRLs are required for each CA Chain in use by the Collaboration Server. These CRL files must be
kept current. For more information see the Ultra Secure Mode chapter,
Management and (PKI) Public Key Infrastructure

Switching to Secure Mode

The following operations are required to switch the Collaboration Server to Secure Mode:
● Purchase and Install the SSL/TLS certificate
● Modify the Management Network settings
● Create/Modify the relevant System Flags
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Certificate Validation
Certificate Configuration and
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and Certificate Revocation .
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