Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 763)

Section VIII: Management Security 763
Chapter 33
Encryption Keys
This chapter describes encryption keys and how you can use keys to
improve the security of your switches. Because of the complexity of the
feature, this chapter contains several overview sections. The Basic
Overview section offers a general review of the purpose of this feature
along with relevant guidelines. For additional information, refer to the two
Technical Overview sections. The sections in this chapter include:
ˆ “Basic Overview” on page 764
ˆ “Technical Overview” on page 766
ˆ “Creating an Encryption Key” on page 771
ˆ “Deleting an Encryption Key” on page 775
ˆ “Modifying an Encryption Key” on page 776
ˆ “Exporting an Encryption Key” on page 777
ˆ “Importing an Encryption Key” on page 780
ˆ “Displaying the Encryption Keys” on page 783
Note
This feature is only supported in the version of AT-S63 management
software that features the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol and
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
For an overview of the procedures to configuring the switch’s web server
for encryption, refer to “General Steps for Configuring the Web Server for
Encryption” on page 760.