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Root Certificate Authority: RootCA
Subordinate Certificate Authority: R2
RootCA.example.internal
R2.example.internal
hpprinter.example.internal
RootCA’s Certificate
RootCA’s
Public Key
RootCA’s Digital
Signature
RootCA’s Info +
R2’s Certificate
R2’s Public Key
RootCA’s Digital
Signature
R2’s Info +
hpprinter’s Identity
Certificate
hpprinter’s
Public Key
R2’s Digital
Signature
hpprinter’s Info +
What Certificates should be configured on
Jetdirect so that 802.1X will be successful?
RootCA’s Certificate
RootCA’s
Public Key
RootCA’s Digital
Signature
RootCA’s Info +
CORRECT!
Figure 28 – Correct HP Jetdirect CA Configuration
Be sure the Root CA of your CA Hierarchy has its public key certificate configured on Jetdirect!
Utilizing the Server ID Field on Jetdirect
In our first example, we left the Server ID field on Jetdirect blank so that any name in the certificate
would match and we could get 802.1X up and running. Once we have succeeded in getting 802.1X
up and running, we may want to provide more security by specifying a Server ID. The first thing we
need to do is to look at the Authentication Server’s certificate that is going to be returned to Jetdirect.
In our new example, it is the ias.example.internal certificate shown in Figure 29: