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SSL/TLS
226 IOLAN SDS/SCS/STS/MDC User’s Guide, Version 4.0
SSL/TLS
Overview
When SSL/TLS is configured, data is encrypted between the IOLAN and the host/device (which must
also support SSL/TLS). When you configure the
SSL/TLS settings in the System section, you are
configuring the default global SSL/TLS settings; you are not configuring an SSL/TLS server.
Functionality
You can create an encrypted connection using SSL/TLS for the following profiles: TruePort , TCP
Sockets , Terminal (the user’s Service must be set to SSL_Raw ), Serial Tunneling , Virtual Modem ,
and Modbus .
When configuring SSL/TLS, the following configuration options are available:
z You can set up the IOLAN to act as an SSL/TLS client or server.
z There is an extensive selection of SSL/TLS ciphers that you can configure for your SSL/TLS
connection;
Appendix B, SSL/TLS Ciphers on page 359 for a list of SSL/TLS ciphers.
z You can enable peer certificate validation, for which you must supply the validation criteria that
was used when creating the peer certificate (this is case sensitive).
Note: See Keys and Certificates on page 242 for information about SSL/TLS support documents.
Break String The break string used for inband SSH break signal processing. A break signal
is generated on a specific serial port only when the server's break option is
enabled and the user currently connected using reverse SSH has typed the
break string exactly.
Field Format: maximum 8 characters
Default: ~break, where ~ is tilde
Enable Verbose
Output Displays debug messages on the terminal.
Default: Disabled
Allow Compression Requests compression of all data. Compression is desirable on modem lines
and other slow connections, but will only slow down things on fast networks.
Default: Disabled