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About Security Certicate Warnings
What is a security certicate?
Sites that employ secure TCP/IP (Internet) connections include a certicate that
conrms that users are connecting to a legitimate site and are not being redirected
without their knowledge. Certicates are issued by trusted third parties called
Certicate Authorities (CAs) and contain essential details about a site that must match
the information supplied to your Web browser.
Why do I receive a warning when I access the login screen on
the CABCONS1716I?
As it redirects you to a secure (SSL) session by default, the login screen may generate
a warning from your Web browser or the VNC Java client for two dierent reasons.
First, the CA that has issued the certicate on StarTech.com’s behalf may not yet
be recognized as a trusted source by the computer you are using to access the
CABCONS1716I. Second, since the unit could be congured in a number dierent ways,
it is impossible to supply a generic certicate that will match your exact
network settings.
Is my data safe?
Yes. The security certicate does not aect encryption eectiveness in any way, nor
does it make the CABCONS1716I any more vulnerable to outside attacks.
Can I prevent the warning from occurring?
Yes. You have two options that may prevent the warning from occurring. First, if the
Web browser you are using oers the option to ignore the warning for future visits,
the browser will no longer generate a warning if that option is selected. Second, if you
install the certicate from the CABCONS1716I onto the host computer (see below)
and if the unit is congured with a domain name ending in .com, .net, .org, .gov, .edu,
.us, .ca, .uk, .jp, or .tw (i.e. remotecontrol.mydomain.net) then the warning should no
longer occur.