Dell Metered PDU LED - Manual (Page 148)

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Using the Rack PDU Security Wizard
The Rack PDU Security Wizard creates components needed for high security for a
Rack PDU on the network when you are using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and related
protocols and encryption routines.
Authentication by certificates and host keys
Authentication verifies the identity of a user or a network device (such as a Rack PDU).
Passwords typically identify computer users. However, for transactions or
communications requiring more stringent security methods on the Internet, the Rack
PDU supports more secure methods of authentication.
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), used for secure Web access, uses digital certificates
for authentication. A digital CA root certificate is issued by a Certificate Authority (CA)
as part of a public key infrastructure, and its digital signature must match the digital
signature on a server certificate on the Rack PDU.
• Secure SHell (SSH), used for remote terminal access to the command line interface
of the Rack PDU, uses a public host key for authentication.