Nortel Networks 2300 manual Configuring and Managing DNS, Managing Https, Enabling Https

128Configuring and Managing IP Interfaces and Services

Managing HTTPS

Enabling HTTPS

HTTPS is disabled by default. To enable HTTPS, use the following command:

set ip https server {enable disable}

Caution! If you disable the HTTPS server, Web View access to the switch is also disabled.

Displaying HTTPS Information

To display HTTPS service information, use the following command:

show ip https

To display information for an WSS switch’s HTTPS server, type the following command:

WSS-20>show ip https

HTTPS is enabled

HTTPS is set to use port 443

Last 10 Connections:
IP Address	Last Connected	Time Ago (s)
------------	-----------------------	------------
10.10.10.56	2003/05/09 15:51:26 pst	349

The command lists the TCP port number on which the switch listens for HTTPS connections. The command also lists the last 10 devices to establish HTTPS connections with the switch and when the connections were established.

If a browser connects to an WSS switch from behind a proxy, then only the proxy IP address is shown. If multiple browsers connect using the same proxy, the proxy address appears only once in the output.

Configuring and Managing DNS

You can configure an WSS switch to use a Domain Name Service (DNS) server to resolve hostnames into their IP addresses. This capability is useful in cases where you specify a hostname instead of an IP address in a command.

For example, as an alternative to the command ping 192.168.9.1, you can enter the command ping chris.example.com. When you enter ping chris.example.com, the WSS switch's DNS client queries a DNS server for the IP address that corresponds to the hostname chris.example.com, then sends the ping request to that IP address.

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