Aastra Telecom REV 06, RN-001029-00 manual Certificates and Private Key Information

5i Series IP Phone Release Notes

Features in Release 2.2

Certificates and Private Key Information

•If the certificates and private key are NOT stored in the phone:

—the phone connects to an open unauthenticated VLAN and the certificates are downloaded.

or

—the phone connects using EAP-MD5 to a restricted VLAN and the certificates are downloaded.

•If the certificates and private key ARE stored in the phone, the phone uses them during the authentication process.

•If the phone uses EAP-TLS for successful authentication, after the phone reboots, it downloads the latest certificates and private key files to the phone.

•The private key uses AES-128 to encrypt the private key file.

•Switch Supplicant Mode - The switch supports the following 2 modes:

—Single supplicant - This mode enables the port once any machine connected to this port is authenticated. For security reasons, the IP phone has the option to disable the pass-through port.

—Multiple supplicants - Using this mode, the switch can support multiple clients connected to same port. The switch distinguishes between the clients based on their MAC address.

•Factory default and recovery mode deletes all certificates and private keys, and sets the EAP type to disabled.

You can configure the 802.1x feature on the IP phone using the configuration files, the IP Phone UI, or the Aastra Web UI.

Note: If configuring 802.1x using the IP Phone UI, the certificates and private keys must already be configured and stored on the phone. Use the configuration files or the Aastra Web UI to load certificates and private keys.

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