Dell Metered PDU LED - Manual (Page 143)

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Creating and Installing Digital Certificates
Purpose
For network communication that requires a higher level of security than password
encryption, the Web interface of the Rack PDU supports the use of digital certificates
with the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol. Digital certificates can authenticate the
Rack PDU (the server) to the Web browser (the SSL client).
The sections that follow summarize the three methods of creating, implementing, and
using digital certificates to help you determine the most appropriate method for your
system.
• Method 1: Use the default certificate auto-generated by the Rack PDU .
• Method 2: Use the Rack PDU Security Wizard to create a CA certificate and a server
certificate
.
• Method 3: Use the Rack PDU Security Wizard to create a certificate-signing request
to be signed by the root certificate of an external Certificate Authority and to create a
server certificate
.
Choosing a method for your system
Using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol, you can choose any of the following
methods for using digital certificates.
You can generate a 1024-bit key, or you can generate a 2048-bit key, which
provides complex encryption and a higher level of security.
You can also use Method 3 if your company or agency operates its own
Certificate Authority. Use the Rack PDU Security Wizard in the same way,
but use your own Certificate Authority in place of a commercial Certificate
Authority.