System information

HTTPS on the OnBoard
24 AlterPath OnBoard Administrator’s Guide
command line. telnetd can be enabled by an administrative user on the
Web Manager Config → Services page or by the root user, who can use
normal Linux commands to start telnetd on the command line.
Caution! Because Telnet is not secure and not encrypted, allowing its use by
users for directly connecting to devices or to the OnBoard is strongly
discouraged.
See “Configuring the OnBoard’s Services” on page 259.
HTTPS on the OnBoard
For HTTPS (secure HTTP based on SSL) to work, an SSL certificate must be
present on the OnBoard, so a self-signed certificate is automatically
generated. To reduce the risks posed by weaknesses inherent in self-signed
certificates, OnBoard administrators are strongly advised to replace the
automatically-generated self-signed certificate with an SSL certificate from
an official certificate authority (CA). See “To Replace the Self-Signed
Certificate With One From a Certificate Authority” on page 75 for the
procedure.
DHCP on the OnBoard
Both a DHCP client and a DHCP server are available on the OnBoard.
DHCP Client
The OnBoard’s DHCP client is active, with DHCP enabled by default for the
primary Ethernet port. With the default configuration, if the OnBoard cannot
find a DHCP server on the same subnet, it falls back to using the default IP
address. For more about using DHCP and the default IP address, see the
AlterPath OnBoard Installation Guide.