Lantronix 900-560 SSL Page, Description, Settings, Organization, Unit, Common Name, Expires, bits

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Unit

 

 

9 Security Settings

 

 

 

 

 

SSL Page

Description

 

 

Settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Organization

Enter the organizational unit to be associated with the

 

Unit

new self-signed certificate.

 

 

Example: If your company is setting up a web server for

 

 

the Sales department, enter Sales for your organizational

 

 

unit.

 

 

 

 

 

Common Name

Enter the same name that the user will enter when

 

 

requesting your web site.

 

 

Example: If a user enters

 

 

http://www.widgets.abccompany.com to access your web

 

 

site, the Common Name would be

 

 

www.widgets.abccompany.com.

 

 

 

 

 

Expires

Enter the expiration date, in mm/dd/yyyy format, for the

 

 

new self-signed certificate.

 

 

Example: An expiration date of May 9, 2010 is entered

 

 

as 05/09/2010.

 

 

 

 

 

Key length

Select the bit size of the new self-signed certificate.

 

 

Choices are:

 

 

512 bits

 

 

768 bits

 

 

1024 bits

 

 

The larger the bit size, the longer it takes to generate the

 

 

key. Approximate times are:

 

 

10 seconds for a 512-bit RSA key

 

 

30 seconds for a 768-bit RSA key

 

 

1 minute for a 1024-bit RSA key

 

 

30 seconds for a 512-bit DSA key

 

 

2 minutes for a 768-bit DSA key

 

 

6 minute for a 1024-bit DSA key

 

 

 

 

 

Type

Select the type of key:

 

 

RSA = Public-Key Cryptography algorithm based on

 

 

large prime numbers, invented by Rivest Shamir and

 

 

Adleman. Used for encryption and signing.

 

 

DSA = Digital Signature Algorithm also based on large

 

 

prime numbers, but can only be used for signing.

 

 

Developed by the US government to avoid the patents on

 

 

RSA.

 

 

 

 

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Lantronix 900-560 manual SSL Page, Description, Settings, Organization, Unit, Common Name, Expires, Key length, bits, Type