Xerox 7775, 7765, 7755 manual Digital Certificates, Installing a Digital Certificate

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Security

Digital Certificates

A digital certificate must be installed on the printer before you can enable secure HTTP (SSL). A digital certificate is a set of data used to verify the identity of the holder or sender of the certificate. A certificate includes the following data:

Information about the person, organization, or computer that the certificate is being issued to, including the name, location, Email address and other contact information.

Serial number of the certificate

Expiration date of the certificate

Name of the certificate authority that issued the certificate

A public key

A certificate authority’s digital signature

Installing a Digital Certificate

There are three ways to install a certificate on the printer:

Create a Self-Signed Certificate. A Self-Signed Certificate is the result when the printer creates its own certificate, signs it, and creates a public key for the certificate to be used in SSL encryption.

Create a request to have a certificate authority, or a server functioning as a certificate authority, sign a certificate and then upload the certificate to the printer. An example of a server functioning as a CA is Windows Server running Certificate Services.

Install a trusted root certificate created by a CA. For details, see Managing Trusted Certificate Authorities on page 63.

Note: Installing a self-signed certificate is less secure than installing a certificate signed by a trusted CA. However, if you do not have a server functioning as a certificate authority this is your only option.

Creating a Self-Signed Certificate

Note: If your printer is locked, you must log in as a system administrator. For details, see Accessing CentreWare IS on page 17.

1.In CentreWare IS, click Properties > Security > Machine Digital Certificate Management.

2.Click Create New Certificate.

3.Select Self Signed Certificate.

4.Click Continue.

5.Complete the form with your 2-Letter Country Code, State/Province Name, Locality Name, Organization Name, Organization Unit, Common Name, Email Address, and Days of Validity.

6.Click Apply.

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