Chapter 15 Maintenance Screens

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 108 Maintenance > SSL

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Force HTTPs

Select the Force HTTPs option to turn on the NSA’s web

 

browser security. Anyone who connects via HTTPS to the NSA

 

must install the public key certificate associated with it.

 

Note: The NSA will restart the web configurator after you

 

 

click Apply.

 

The NSA displays a warning screen if applying your change may

 

disconnect some users. Click Apply if you want to continue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Install System Default

Click Download button to save a copy of the NSA’s public key

CA

certificate to your local computer. This is useful for installing the

 

certificate without having to connect to the NSA, or for sending

 

by email to other users for them to install prior to logging into

 

the NSA for the first time. After saving the certificate to your

 

computer, double-click it to install it.

 

Note: Each web browser handles certificate installation

 

 

differently. See Appendix D on page 411 for more

 

 

information.

 

 

 

 

Modify the Existing

Select Edit a self-signed CA certificate, then follow the on-

Certificate

screen instructions for creating a public key certificate signed by

 

the NSA as the local certificate authority.

 

Note: Use certificates created and signed by the NSA if the

 

 

device is not open to external access.

 

Select Create a certificate authorized by other CA, then

 

follow the on-screen instructions to install a certificate that has

 

been authorized by a third-party certificate authority.

 

Note: Use this method if the device is open to external

 

 

access, such as allowing users to connect through the

 

 

Internet using FTP over TLS or HTTPs.

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