Polycom RMX 1500, DOC2702A manual Switching to Secure Mode, Purchasing a Certificate

Polycom RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX) 1500/2000/4000 Administrator’s Guide

—Client Authentication

—Server Authentication

The certificate template used by your CA server may need modification to meet the RMX requirements.

Certificate Requirements for Polycom Devices

Each Polycom device must have security certificates for the entire Chain Of Trust.

The RMX must have:

•The public certificate of each server in the CA Chain or hierarchy that issued its certificate.

For example: RootCA ↔ IntermediateCA ↔ SubCA

The public certificates of the chain that issued the administrator’s identity certificate. For example: UserRootCA ↔ UserIntermediateCA ↔ UserSubCA

Configure Certificate Management

Within a PKI environment, certificate revocation policies are used to ensure that certificates are valid. Certificates can expire or be revoked for various reasons (RFC 5280).

The RMX enforces these certificate revocation policies through Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs). CRLs are required for each CA Chain in use by the RMX. These CRL files must be kept current

Switching to Secure Mode

The following operations are required to switch the MCU 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 MCU and used for all subsequent secured connections.

To create/purchase a certificate:

1In the RMX menu, click Setup > RMX Secured Communication > Create certificate request.

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