Table 5-8Identity Authentication page

Item

Description

 

 

Pre-Shared Key

Select the Identity Type. Choose from Distinguished Name, FQDN, E-mail,

 

Key-ID, or IP Address.

 

Enter the Identity for the identity type that you selected.

 

Indicate whether the Identity is ASCII or Hex.

 

Enter a pre-shared key (ASCII string) in the Key field. This pre-shared key is shared by

 

all hosts specified by this rule. If used, it should be protected. Any host that knows this

 

key can be authenticated.

 

 

Certificates

Use certificates for authentication. A self-signed HP Jetdirect certificate is pre-installed

 

by factory default, which you can replace. In addition, you must install a CA certificate

 

for server authentication.

 

● Status Indicates whether a certificate is installed.

 

● View Display the certificate data of an installed certificate..

 

● Configure Manage or install a certificate.

 

For information on requesting, configuring and installing certificates, see Configure

 

certificates on page 95.

 

 

Kerberos

Use Kerberos authentication.

 

The status is displayed (Configured or Not Configured).

 

To view data for a configured authentication, click View. To configure a new

 

authentication, click Configure.

 

 

Kerberos

You can configure the HP Jetdirect print server for Kerberos authentication manually, or by importing configuration files. Items on the Kerberos page are described in the following table.

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