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PremierWave XC User Guide 67
10: Security Settings
SSL Settings
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a protocol for managing the security of data transmission over the
Internet. It provides encryption, authentication, and message integrity services. SSL is widely
used for secure communication to a web server, and also for wireless authentication.
Certificate/Private key combinations can be obtained from an external Certificate Authority (CA)
and uploaded into the unit. Self-signed certificates with associated private key can be generated
by the device server itself.
For more information regarding certificates and how to obtain them, see the chapter, Security in
Detail.
Note: The blue text in the XML command strings of this chapter are to be replaced with
a user-specified name.
Certificate and Key Generation
The PremierWave can generate self signed certificates and their corresponding keys. This can be
done for both the rsa and dsa certificate formats. Certificates can be identified on the
PremierWave by a name provided at generation time.
Table 10-1 Certificate and Key Generation Settings
Certificate Generation
Settings
Description
Country (2 Letter Code)
Enter the 2-letter country code to be assigned to the new self-signed
certificate.
Examples: US for United States and CA for Canada
State/Province
Enter the state or province to be assigned to the new self-signed certificate.
Locality (City)
Enter the city or locality to be assigned to the new self-signed certificate.
Organization
Enter the organization to be associated with the new self-signed certificate.
Organization Unit
Enter the organizational unit to be associated with the new self-signed
certificate.
Common Name
Enter the common name to be associated with the new self signed
certificate. Note that this is a required field.
Expires
Enter the expiration date, in mm/dd/yyyy format, for the new self-signed
certificate.
Example: An expiration date of May 9, 2012 is entered as 05/09/2012.