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Section IX: Management Security 595
Chapter 33
Encryption KeysThis 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 two 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 Technical
Overview section. The sections in this chapter include:
“Creating an Encryption Key” on page 596
“Deleting an Encryption Key” on page 600
“Modifying an Encryption Key” on page 601
“Exporting an Encryption Key” on page 602
“Importing an Encryption Key” on page 605
“Displaying the Encryption Keys” on page 608
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 593.