Intellinet Network Solutions 524100 Selection of a Security Level for Viewer Connection

Selection of a Security Level for Viewer Connection

1.Go to the Security Settings screen on the switch’s Web Management interface and make a viewer connection selection from the “Security Level” drop-down menu.

•Level 1: No encryption (no SSL)

•Level 2: 256-bit encryption, no user certificate required for user authentication

•Level 3: 256-bit encryption, user certificate required for authentication (PKI)

Security Level 1 offers a non-secured connection, and hence should be used with caution when the switch is intended to be accessed through an external network. For Level 1, there’s virtually no encryption.

Security Level 2 offers a secured SSL connection that provides encryption for mouse, keyboard and video but uses no PKI authentication.

Security Level 3 offers a secured SSL connection that provides encryption for mouse, keyboard and video, and uses 1024-bit PKI authentication.

IMPORTANT: The selection of a security level to be implemented for the switch’s viewer connection is of utmost importance, especially when your remote server connections require a high level of security in order to keep your servers safe from unauthorized entry and/or network sniffers.

2.(Optional) If you choose to implement the PKI authentication feature on the switch’s viewer, you need to select Level 3 security in the Viewer Connection panel on the Security Settings screen of your Web Management interface.

Then enter the password in the “KVM Server Password” field. NOTE: You should enter the password that has encrypted the server private key in the server private key file (serverkey.pem)

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