Polycom 2000/4000 manual Switching to Secure Mode, Purchasing a Certificate

Appendix F

Secure Communication Mode

The RMX can be configured to work in Secure Mode by configuring the RMX and the RMX Web Client to work with SSL/TLS.

In this mode, a SSL/TLS Certificate is installed on the MCU, setting the MCU Listening Port to secured port 443.

TLS is a cryptographic protocol used to ensure secure communications on public networks. TLS uses a Certificate purchased from a trusted third party Certificate Authority to authenticate public keys that are used in conjunction with private keys to ensure secure communications across the network.

The RMX supports:

•TLS 1.0

•SSL 3.0 (Secure Socket Layer)

Both TLS 1.0 and SSL 3.0 utilize 1024-bit RSA public key encryption.

Switching to Secure Mode

The following operations are required to switch the RMX to Secure Mode:

•Purchase and Install the SSL/TLS certificate

•Modify the Management Network settings

•Create/Modify the relevant System Flags

Purchasing a Certificate

Once a certificate is purchased and received it is stored in the RMX and used for all subsequent secured connections.

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