Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 547)

Section IV: Security 547
Chapter 26
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:
❑ ”Basic Overview” on page 548
❑ ”Technical Overview of Secure Sockets Layer” on page 551
❑ ”Technical Overview of Encryption” on page 554
❑ ”Creating an Encryption Key” on page 559
❑ ”Deleting an Encryption Key” on page 563
❑ ”Modifying an Encryption Key” on page 564
❑ ”Exporting an Encryption Key” on page 565
❑ ”Importing an Encryption Key” on page 568
❑ ”Displaying the Encryption Keys” on page 571
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 545.