Technicolor - Thomson SpeedTouchTM620 Network Router User Manual


 
Chapter 8
SpeedTouch™ Remote Access
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8.2 Secure Remote Web Interface Access
HTTPs service
Introduction
The SpeedTouch™ supports secure HTTP or HTTPS. The Transport Layer Security
(prior SSL implemented by Netscape) provides communications privacy over the
Internet. The protocol allows client/server applications to communicate in a way
that is designed to prevent eavesdropping, tampering, or message forgery.
The primary goal of the TLS Protocol is to provide privacy and data integrity
between two communicating applications.
The remote
management certificate
When booting, the SpeedTouch™ verifies if a certificate exists for remote
management. If no certificate is found, the SpeedTouch™ generates its own
certificate. When the SpeedTouch™ receives an HTTPs request on port 443, it
transmits this certificate to the client. The client can either accept of refuse the
server identity. Depending on client implementation, the end-user is prompted
whether or not to trust the server.
When a web user logs in or tries to log in the SpeedTouch™, a syslog message is
generated. This message indicates the user name and the underlying protocol
(HTTP or HTTPS)
After negotiating the cipher between the two peers involved in the TLS protocol,
data is encrypted for further communications. The minimum level of security
required for the connection is indicated by each peer. If the minimum requirement
of each peer cannot be achieved, the connection is closed.
Default HTTPs
service configuration
Use the following CLI command to see the default HTTPs service configuration.
=>:service system list name=HTTPs expand=enabled
Idx Name Protocol SrcPort DstPort Group
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1 HTTPs tcp 443
Description............... HTTP web server over ssl
Properties................ server
Attributes................ state port aclip aclif aclifgroup map log
User Managed Attributes... state port aclip aclif aclifgroup map log
Attribute Values :
State...................... enabled
Port....................... 443
Ip Access List............. any
Interface Access List...... any
Interface Group Access List lan
Map List................... 443
Logging.................... disabled
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