Manual

Print Server Certificate Management
Print Server User Manual 98
10 Print Server Certificate Management
What are
Certificates?
Certificates can be used in TCP/IP-based networks to encrypt data
and to authenticate communication partners. Certificates are
electronic messages containing a key (public key) and a signature.
Benefits and
Purpose
The use of certificates allows for various security mechanisms. Use
certificates in your print server
• to encrypt print data; see: Ö85.
• to authenticate the print server in a network that is protected by
EAP authentication; see: ’Print Server Network Authentication’
Ö87.
• to verify the identity of users and devices that have access to the
print server via a WLAN; see: ’WLAN (Wireless Local Area
Network)’ Ö188.
• to authenticate the print server if the administrative access to
the Print Server Homepage via SSL (HTTPs) is protected; see:
Ö109.
• to administer the print server via an FTPS connection; see:
Ö34.
• to allow for a certificate-based authentication of the remote
server in the case of IPsec; see: Ö111 .
If you want to use certificates, it is advisable to protect the print
server by a password so that the certificate cannot be deleted by
unauthorized persons; see Ö81.
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The print server has its own certificate management.
This chapter explains how certificates are used and
when the use of certificates is recommended.