Xerox 9202, 9201, 9203 manual Machine Digital Certificate Management

ColorQube™ 9201/9202/9203 Security

Machine Digital Certificate Management

Machine Digital Certificates provide keys for encryption/decryption of data, it ensures the data is not tampered with and to validate the source of data.

A Digital Certificate is like an ‘Electronic Driver’s Licence’. It contains the following:

•Name of whom the Certificate is Issued to.

•Serial Number.

•Expiration Date.

•Name of the Certificate Authority that Issued the Certificate.

•A Public Key.

•A Digital Signature of the Key from a Certificate Authority.

•Country Code.

Other optional information it can contain is:

•State/Province Name.

•Locality Name.

•Organization Name.

•Organization Unit.

•E-mail Address.

The device can be configured for secure access with the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) protocol via Digital Certificates. The enablement of SSL provides encryption for all workflows where the device is used as a HTTPS server.

Workflows include:

•Administration of the device via Internet Services

•Printing via Internet Services

•Printing via IPP

•Scan Template Management

•Workflow Scanning via HTTPS

•Administration of Network Accounting

The device exports the signed certificate to the client to establish an SSL/HTTPS connection.

There are two options available to obtain a server certificate for the device:

•Have the device create a Self Signed Certificate

•Create a request to have a Certificate Authority sign a certificate that can be uploaded to the device.

A self-signed certificate means that the device signs its own certificate as trusted and creates the public key for the certificate to be used in SSL encryption.

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