Configuring Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
Terminology
■ Root Certificate: A trusted certificate used by certificate authorities to
sign certificates (CA-Signed Certificates) and used later on to verify that
authenticity of those signed certificates. Trusted certificates are distrib-
uted as an integral part of most popular web clients. (see browser docu-
mentation for which root certificates are pre-installed).
■ Manager Level: Manager privileges on the switch.
■ Operator Level: Operator privileges on the switch.
■ Local password or username: A Manager-level or Operator-level pass-
word configured in the switch.
■ SSL Enabled: (1)A certificate key pair has been generated on the switch
(web interface or CLI command: crypto key generate cert [key size]
(2) A certificate been generated on the switch (web interface or CLI
command: crypto host-cert generate self-signed [arg-list]) and (3)
SSL is enabled (web interface or CLI command: web-management ssl).
(You can generate a certificate without enabling SSL, but you cannot
enable SSL without first generating a Certificate.
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