SSL Guide

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1 Introduction 1
Overview....................................................................................................................................................1
Brief History of SSL ...................................................................................................................................1
Benefits of using SSL ................................................................................................................................1
Using Certificates for device security.........................................................................................................2
2 Digital Certificate for SSL communication 4
Digital Certificate Installation .....................................................................................................................4
Creating a self-signed certificate .........................................................................................................6
Creating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) ....................................................................................7
How to install the certificate to your machine ......................................................................................9
Choosing the certificate.....................................................................................................................10
Installing the self-signed certificate or pre-installed certificate
onto Windows Vista
®
, Windows
®
7 and Windows Server
®
2008 for users
with administrator rights.................................................................................................................12
Installing the self-signed certificate or pre-installed certificate
for Windows
®
XP and Windows Server
®
2003 users....................................................................14
Import and export the certificate and private key.....................................................................................17
How to import the self-signed certificate, the certificate issued by a CA, and the private key...........17
How to export the self-signed certificate, the certificate issued by a CA, and the private key...........17
Import and export a CA certificate .....................................................................................................18
Managing multiple certificates .................................................................................................................19
3 Managing your network machine securely using SSL/TLS 20
Secure Management using Web Based Management (web browser) ....................................................20
4 Printing documents securely using SSL 21
Printing documents securely using IPPS for Windows
®
..........................................................................21
Windows
®
XP and Windows Server
®
2003.......................................................................................21
Windows Vista
®
, Windows
®
7 and Windows Server
®
2008..............................................................23
5 Sending or Receiving (for DCP and MFC models) an E-mail securely 25
Configuration using Web Based Management (web browser) ................................................................25
Sending or Receiving (for DCP and MFC models) an E-mail securely using SSL/TLS ....................26
6 Troubleshooting 27
Overview..................................................................................................................................................27
Identifying your problem ....................................................................................................................27
Printing the Printer Settings Page (For HL-5450DN(T)) ..........................................................................29
Printing the Network Configuration Report (For other models)................................................................29
Network terms and concepts ...................................................................................................................31
SSL technical overview .....................................................................................................................31
Network terms ...................................................................................................................................32
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