12: Security Settings

 

 

 

 

 

SSL Settings (continued)

Description

 

 

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 EDS32PR, EDS16PR, EDS4100, EDS8PR, EDS16PS manual Common Name, Expires, Key length,  512 bits  768 bits  1024 bits