Machine Digital Certificate Management & Trusted Certificate Authorities; See Information Checklist - Xerox Phaser 4622 System Administrator Manual

Machine Digital Certificate Management &
Trusted Certificate Authorities
This is the procedure to follow to install and setup the Machine Digital Certificate Management:
1. see Overview on page 91
2. see Information Checklist on page 91
3. Access the Machine Digital Certificate Management Screen
4. Create a Self Signed Certificate
5. Create a Request for a Certificate signed by a Trusted Certificate Authority
6. Enable Secure HTTP (SSL)
Overview
The machine can be configured for secure access with the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) protocol via
Digital Certificates. SSL enables secure access to the machine.
SSL requests include:
• Administration of the machine via Internet Services.
• Printing via Internet Services.
• Network Accounting configuration.
To enable SSL on a machine, it needs to have its own digital certificate. When clients make a request to
the device, it exports the certificate to provide an encrypted channel.
There are 2 options available to obtain a server certificate for the machine:
• Have the machine create a Self Signed Certificate
• Create a request to have a Certificate Authority sign a certificate that can be uploaded to the
machine.
A self-signed certificate means that the machine signs its own certificate as trusted and creates the
public key for the certificate to be used in SSL encryption.
A certificate from a Certificate Authority or a server functioning as a Certificate Authority (for example
Windows 2000 running Certificate Services) can be uploaded to the machine.
Note A separate request is required for each Xerox machine.
Information Checklist
Ensure that the machine is configured with the following items:
1. An IP Address or Host Name must be configured on the machine.
2. DNS must be enabled and configured on the machine.
Note This is used to set the start time for self signed certificates.
on page 92
on page 94
on page 92
on page 93
Phaser 4622
System Administrator Guide
Security
91