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6.5.4 Certificate
Figure 6-23. Certificate Settings
The KVM-9000 uses the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol for any encrypted network
traffic between itself and a connected client. During the connection establishment the
KVM-9000 has to expose its identity to a client using a cryptographic certificate. Upon
delivery, this certificate and the underlying secret key is the same for all KVM-9000 ever
produced and certainly will not match the network configuration that will be applied to the
KVM-9000 cards by its user. The certificate's underlying secret key is also used for securing
the SSL handshake. Hence, this is a security risk (but far better than no encryption at all).
However, it is possible to generate and install a new certificate that is unique for a particular
KVM-9000 card. In order to do that, the KVM-9000 is able to generate a new cryptographic
key and the associated Certificate Signing Request (CSR) that needs to be certified by a
certification authority (CA). A certification authority verifies that you are the person who you
claim you are, and signs and issues a SSL certificate to you.
The following steps are necessary to create and install a SSL certificate for the KVM-9000:
• Create a SSL Certificate Signing Request using the panel shown in Figure 6-23. You need
to fill out a number of fields that are explained below. Once this is done, click on the button
“ Create ” which will initiate the Certificate Signing Request generation. The CSR can be
downloaded to your administration machine with the “Download CSR” button (see Figure
6-24).
• Send the saved CSR to a CA for certification. You will get the new certificate from the CA
after a more or less complicated traditional authentication process (depending on the CA).
• Upload the certificate to the KVM-9000 using the “ Upload ” button as shown in Figure 6-24
.